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The OpenTravel Alliance ("OpenTravel") Message Specifications ("Specifications"), whether in paper or electronic format, are made available subject to the terms stated below. Please read the following carefully as it constitutes a binding Agreement, based on mutual consideration, on you and your company as licensee ("You").
1. Documentation. OpenTravel provides the Specifications for voluntary use by individuals, partnerships, companies, corporations, organizations, and other entities at their own risk.; The Specifications and any OpenTravel supplied supporting information, data, or software in whatever medium in connection with the Specifications are referred to collectively as the "Documentation."
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