From f63df148ad06b7b4088830da675660d07c60b9a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Stirling <77850077+Frooodle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:14:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Create LICENSE

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 frontend/src/proprietary/LICENSE | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/proprietary/LICENSE

diff --git a/frontend/src/proprietary/LICENSE b/frontend/src/proprietary/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
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+Stirling PDF User License
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