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+This is a library for our optical Fingerprint sensor
+
+  Pick one up today in the adafruit shop!
+  ------> http://www.adafruit.com/
+
+These displays use TTL Serial to communicate, 2 pins are required to  
+interface
+
+Adafruit invests time and resources providing this open source code, 
+please support Adafruit and open-source hardware by purchasing 
+products from Adafruit!
+
+Written by Limor Fried/Ladyada  for Adafruit Industries.  
+BSD license, check license.txt for more information
+All text above must be included in any redistribution
+
+To download. click the DOWNLOADS button in the top right corner, rename the uncompressed folder Adafruit_Fingerprint. Check that the Adafruit_Fingerprint folder contains Adafruit_Fingerprint.cpp and Adafruit_Fingerprint.h
+
+Place the Adafruit_Fingerprint library folder your <arduinosketchfolder>/libraries/ folder. You may need to create the libraries subfolder if its your first library. Restart the IDE.
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+Software License Agreement (BSD License)
+
+Copyright (c) 2012, Adafruit Industries
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+3. Neither the name of the copyright holders nor the
+names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
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+
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