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READMIE.REDIST.BINS has not accesable link in excemptions from license

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Description

Description

In the file READMIE.REDIST.BINS at the line 203 is a link to the website http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~wagnerr/MersenneTwister.html that has error message 403: Permission Denied

I expected to find working link.

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Commit 2e70a89
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Research direction

Open READMIE.REDIST.BINS at line 203 and verify the reported 403 response for the Mersenne Twister URL. Find an authoritative replacement for the inaccessible link, then confirm the file points to a working destination. Done means the license-exception reference no longer contains a dead link.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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