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 Description: Extraction of meta data from Thermo Fisher Scientific mass spectrometric raw data files into a json file via a
     c# command line tool.
     Also provided are methods to assemble data requred for publication by journals and to write them into a tab delimited text file. 
-License: GPL (>= 3)
+License: MIT
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 Imports: