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+# License
+
+Unless otherwise specified, everything in this repository is covered by the following licence:
+
+[![Creative Commons Licence](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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+***Linaro Documentation*** by the [Linaro](http://www.linaro.org) is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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+Based on a work at https://github.com/96Boards/documentation