1.8.0-rc1 is our 12th official release of VTK-m.

The major changes to VTK-m from (previous release) can be found in:
  docs/changelog/1.8.0/release-notes.md

LICENSE.txt

-VTKm License Version 1.7
+VTKm License Version 1.8
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 Copyright (c) 2014-2022

version.txt

-1.7.1
+1.8.0-rc1