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 ## License
 
-HYRISE sql-parser is licensed as open source after the OpenSource "Licence of the Hasso-Plattner Institute" declared in the LICENSE file of this project.
+HYRISE sql-parser is licensed as open source after the MIT License which is declared in the LICENSE file of this project.
 
 
 ## Contributers