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 # Python Template
 
-This is a template repository for Python projects.
+This is a template repository for Python projects. I dedicate this template to the public domain using the creative commons zero license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
 
 Recommended tools:
 
 * virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
 * pip-tools: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools
 
-This includes a setup for running tests including travis-ci. The Makefile contains a test command which will execute all test scripts in tests/ and exit with an error code if any of the tests fail.
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+This includes a setup for running tests including travis-ci. The Makefile contains a test command which will execute all test scripts in tests/ and exit with an error code if any of the tests fail.