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 ## License
 
-LGPL-2.1-or-later — see [LICENSE](LICENSE). The same license as its two
-consumers (essim and bs_explorer are both LGPL-2.1), so code and the parser
-can be shared freely; dynamic linking keeps the library replaceable. Derived
-from the Viveris JTAG Core BSDL loader (© 2008–2024 Viveris Technologies,
-Jean-François DEL NERO), also LGPL-2.1.
+LGPL-2.1-or-later — see [LICENSE](LICENSE), inherited from the Viveris JTAG
+Core BSDL loader (© 2008–2024 Viveris Technologies, Jean-François DEL NERO)
+this is derived from. `bs_explorer` is also LGPL-2.1 and links the struct
+directly; `essim` is EUPL-1.2 and consumes libbsdl as a dynamically-linked
+LGPL library, which the EUPL permits.