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<h2 id="cc-by">Instructional Material</h2>

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<p>All Software Carpentry instructional material is made available under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution license</a>. The following is a human-readable summary of (and not a substitute for) the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode">full legal text of the CC BY 4.0 license</a>.</p>
<p>You are free:
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<li>to <strong>Share</strong>&mdash;copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format</li>
<li>to <strong>Adapt</strong>&mdash;remix, transform, and build upon the material</li>
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for any purpose, even commercially.</p>
<p>The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.</p>
<p>Under the following terms:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Attribution</strong>&mdash;You must give appropriate credit (mentioning that your work is derived from work that is Copyright © Software Carpentry and, where practical, linking to http://software-carpentry.org/), provide a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">link to the license</a>, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.</li>
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<p><strong>No additional restrictions</strong>&mdash;You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. With the understanding that:</p>
<p>Notices:</p>
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<li>You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.</li>
<li>No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.</li>
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<h2 id="mit">Software</h2>

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<p>Except where otherwise noted, the example programs and other software provided by Software Carpentry are made available under the <a href="http://opensource.org">OSI</a>-approved <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html">MIT license</a>.</p>
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  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
  obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
  files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
  restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
  modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
  of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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<p>
  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
  included in all copies or substantial portions of the
  Software.
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  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
  NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
  HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
  WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
  DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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<h2 id="trademark">Trademark</h2>

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<p>
  "Software Carpentry" and the Software Carpentry logo are registered trademarks of Software Carpentry, Ltd.
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