# Universal Encoding Detector

Character encoding auto-detection in Python. As smart as your browser. Open source.

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## Terms of use

### Software

The Universal Encoding Detector library is copyright © 2006-2009 Mark Pilgrim. All rights reserved.

Portions copyright © 1998-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation. All rights reserved.

The Universal Encoding Detector library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library (in a file named `COPYING`); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

### Documentation

The Universal Encoding Detector documentation is copyright © 2006-2009 Mark Pilgrim. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source (XML DocBook) and “compiled” forms (SGML, HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

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