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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def license_loader(lic_dir=LIC_DIR):
 """Loads licenses from the given directory."""

    lics = []
    for ln in os.listdir(lic_dir):
        lp = os.path.join(lic_dir, ln)
        with open(lp) as lf:
            txt = lf.read()
            lic = License(txt)
            lics.append(lic)
    return lics