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 # wasmi
 
 WASM interpreter (previously lived in [parity-wasm](https://github.com/paritytech/parity-wasm))
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+# License
+
+`wasmi` is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT
+license and the Apache License (Version 2.0), at your choice.
+
+See LICENSE-APACHE, and LICENSE-MIT for details.