Third-Party Notices for STAR 2.7.11b Windows MSYS2 Build
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This file summarizes third-party components included in the Windows release
ZIP for this repository.

This is an informational notice file, not legal advice. Each third-party
component remains under its own license terms.


Packaged runtime files
----------------------

The release ZIP includes `STAR.exe`, `STARlong.exe`, PowerShell wrapper
scripts, and runtime DLLs copied from an MSYS2-MSYS installation. Package
ownership was checked with `pacman -Qo`, and package metadata was checked with
`pacman -Qi`.

Runtime DLL package summary:

  DLL files                                      MSYS2 package     Version   License
  msys-2.0.dll                                  msys2-runtime     3.6.9-1   GPL
  msys-z.dll                                    zlib              1.3.2-1   custom zlib license
  msys-gcc_s-seh-1.dll, msys-gomp-1.dll,
  msys-stdc++-6.dll                             gcc-libs          15.2.0-1  GPL/LGPL components with GCC runtime exception

The `LICENSES/` directory contains DLL-level license metadata for the runtime
DLLs included in this ZIP:

  LICENSES/DLL_LICENSES.md


STAR
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Upstream project:
  https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR

License:
  MIT

The upstream STAR license text is included in:

  STAR/LICENSE
  LICENSES/star/LICENSE


opal
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The STAR source tree vendors opal under:

  STAR/source/opal/

License:
  MIT

The opal license text is included in:

  LICENSES/opal/LICENSE


htslib
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The STAR source tree vendors htslib under:

  STAR/source/htslib/

License:
  MIT/Expat-style notices for many files and BSD-style notices for CRAM-related
  files, with additional file-local notices in individual source files.

Detailed note:

  LICENSES/htslib/LICENSE_NOTES.md


MSYS2
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The runtime DLLs listed above were copied from an MSYS2-MSYS installation.
MSYS2 package metadata and license files were used to prepare this notice.

MSYS2 project:
  https://www.msys2.org/