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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+
+# It is quite annoying to have to write all the dependency notices
+# by hand, so this script goes through the dependency list and generates
+# a file with all the licenses automatically during the build process
+
+def read_description_file(subdirectory):
+    description_filename = "DESCRIPTION"
+    description_extensions = [ "", ".txt", ".md", ".rst" ]
+    for extension in description_extensions:
+        fill_path = os.path.join(subdirectory, description_filename + extension)
+        if os.path.exists(fill_path):
+            with open(fill_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+                return file.read().rstrip().splitlines()[0]
+    return None
+
+def read_license_file(subdirectory):
+    license_filenames = [ "LICENSE", "COPYING", "NOTICE" ]
+    license_extensions = [ "", ".txt", ".md", ".rst" ]
+    for filename in license_filenames:
+        for extension in license_extensions:
+            fill_path = os.path.join(subdirectory, filename + extension)
+            if os.path.exists(fill_path):
+                with open(fill_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+                    return file.read().rstrip()
+    return None
+
+def get_dependencies(directory):
+    dependencies = []
+    for subdirectory in os.listdir(directory):
+        subdirectory_path = os.path.join(directory, subdirectory)
+        if os.path.isdir(subdirectory_path):
+            license = read_license_file(subdirectory_path)
+            description = read_description_file(subdirectory_path)
+            if description and len(description) > 80:
+                description = description[:77] + "..."
+            if license:
+                dependencies.append((subdirectory, license, description))
+    return dependencies
+
+assert len(os.sys.argv) > 1, "Please provide the path to the dependencies directory."
+dependencies_dir = os.sys.argv[1]
+dependencies = get_dependencies(dependencies_dir)
+assert len(dependencies) > 0, "No licenses found in the dependencies directory."
+
+with open("thirdparty.txt", 'w', encoding='utf-8') as out_file:
+    out_file.write("QFengine uses third-party code for certain functions. All the\n")
+    out_file.write("license texts are included below using an automated script; this generated\n")
+    out_file.write("file is to be included in binary distributions of the project.\n\n")
+
+    for name, license, description in dependencies:
+        out_file.write(f"{'=' * 80}\n")
+        if description and len(description) > 0:
+            out_file.write(f"{name} - {description}\n")
+        else:
+            out_file.write(f"{name}\n")
+        out_file.write(f"{'=' * 80}\n")
+        out_file.write(f"{license}\n\n\n")