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+# ##### BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK #####
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+#  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+#  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+#  Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ##### END GPL LICENSE BLOCK #####
+
+# <pep8 compliant>
+
+"""
+Utility modules assosiated with the bpy module.
+"""
+
+__all__ = (
+    "object_utils",
+    "io_utils",
+    "image_utils",
+    "mesh_utils",
+    "view3d_utils",
+)
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