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+I, callebtc, creator of bitchat for android, owner of the copyright claims, and owner of the official bitchat android repository (https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android), hereby authorize Verse Communication PBC to publish bitchat (com.bitchat.doid) on the Google Play Store.