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+<!--
+Copyright (c) 2016-2017 GigaSpaces Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+<assembly
+    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0" 
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+    <id>vnfsdk</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+    </formats>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <includes>
+                <include>validation-scripts/LICENSE.txt</include>
+                <include>validation-scripts/README.md</include>
+                <include>requirements.txt</include>
+                <include>setup.py</include>
+                <include>validation-scripts/ice_validator/**</include>
+            </includes>
+            <excludes>
+                <exclude>**/*.pyc</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+    <baseDirectory>.</baseDirectory>
+</assembly>