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 ## Contributing to Tildes development
 
 Please see [the Contributing doc](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more detailed information about setting up a development version of Tildes and how to contribute to development.
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+## License
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+Copyright (C) 2018 Tildes
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+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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