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+MIT License
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+Copyright (c) Iris Tutorial developers and contributors
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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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 If you have suggestions for future topics or improvements for existing ones, please add them to [TODO.md](TODO.md).
 
 ### How to Contribute
+**Note**: by contributing to the Iris Tutorial you agree that your contributions will be released under the terms of Iris Tutorial's license — see [the LICENSE file](LICENSE).
+
 To contribute, we recommend following these steps:
 
 1. Fork the repository.