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 ## Usage Example
 ```c++
-/*************************************************************************/
-/* spdlog - an extremely fast and easy to use c++11 logging library.     */
-/* Copyright (c) 2014 Gabi Melman.                                       */
-/*                                                                       */
-/* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining */
-/* a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the       */
-/* "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including   */
-/* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,   */
-/* distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to    */
-/* permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to */
-/* the following conditions:                                             */
-/*                                                                       */
-/* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be        */
-/* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.       */
-/*                                                                       */
-/* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,       */
-/* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF    */
-/* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.*/
-/* IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY  */
-/* CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,  */
-/* TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE     */
-/* SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                */
-/*************************************************************************/
-
-//
-// spdlog usage example
-//
 #include <iostream>
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
-#include "spdlog/details/format.h"
 
 int main(int, char* [])
 {