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-SPRING DATA MongoDB 1.4.0.RELEASE
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-Spring Data MongoDB is released under the terms of the Apache Software License Version 2.0 (see license.txt).
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-DISTRIBUTION CONTENTS:
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-The JARs are available in the 'dist' directory, and the source JARs are in the 'src' directory.
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-The reference manual and javadoc are located in the 'docs' directory.
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-ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
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-Spring Data Homepage: http://projects.spring.io/spring-data
-Spring Data Forum:    http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/data/nosql