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TAP-Win32/TAP-Win64 Driver license:
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  This device driver was inspired by the CIPE-Win32 driver by
  Damion K. Wilson.

  The source and object code of the TAP-Win32/TAP-Win64 driver
  is Copyright (C) 2002-2010 OpenVPN Technologies, Inc., and is released
  under the GPL version 2. The licensors also make the following
  statement borrowed from the SPICE project:

  With respect to binaries built using the Microsoft(R) Windows
  Driver Kit (WDK), GPLv2 does not extend to any code contained in or
  derived from the WDK ("WDK Code").  As to WDK Code, by using or
  distributing such binaries you agree to be bound by the Microsoft
  Software License Terms for the WDK.  All WDK Code is considered by
  the GPLv2 licensors to qualify for the special exception stated in
  section 3 of GPLv2 (commonly known as the system library
  exception).

NSIS License:
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  Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Joost Verburg

  This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
  warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
  arising from the use of this software.

  Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
  including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute
  it freely, subject to the following restrictions:

  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; 
     you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
     If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the
     product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
  2. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such,
     and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any distribution.

GNU Public License (GPL)
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  TAP-Win32 distributions are licensed under the GPL version 2 (see
  COPYRIGHT.GPL).

  In the Windows binary distribution of OpenVPN, the
  GPL is reproduced below.