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 ## Usage Example
 ```c++
-//
-// Copyright(c) 2015 Gabi Melman.
-// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-//
-//
-// spdlog usage example
-//
+
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 
 #include <iostream>