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+Redmine Licensing Information
+=============================
+
+Redmine is free software, and it is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2).
+
+For the full text of the license, please see the `COPYING` file located in the `doc` directory.
+
+You can also find the full text of the GPL version 2 at the Free Software Foundation's website:
+https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html