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+# Copyright (c) 2017 VyOS maintainers and contributors
+#
+# 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.
+
+import json
+
+class ConfigError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def get_version_data(file='/opt/vyatta/etc/version.json'):
+    with open(file, 'r') as f:
+        version_data = json.load(f)
+    return version_data
+
+def get_version(file=None):
+    version_data = None
+    if file:
+        version_data = get_version_data(file=file)
+    else:
+        version_data = get_version_data()
+    return version_data["version"]