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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Util;
+
+use Composer\Spdx\SpdxLicenses;
+
+/**
+ * Supports composer array and SPDX tag notation for disjunctive/conjunctive
+ * licenses.
+ *
+ * @author Tom Klingenberg <tklingenberg@lastflood.net>
+ *
+ * @deprecated use Composer\Spdx\SpdxLicenses instead
+ */
+class SpdxLicense extends SpdxLicenses
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+
+        trigger_error(__CLASS__ . ' is deprecated, use Composer\\Spdx\\SpdxLicenses instead', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+    }
+}