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Add links to attribution recommendations
Signed-off-by: Steve Winslow <[email protected]>
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copyright-notices.md

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have expressly permitted you to do so. This includes third parties' notices in
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For additional details regarding attribution notices for third party code used
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in CNCF projects, see the [CNCF attribution recommendations] document.
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## Why not list every copyright holder?
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There are several reasons why CNCF doesn't require or recommend trying to list
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notices.
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- The specific individual or legal entity that owns the copyright might not be
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known to the contributor; it could be you, your employer, or some other entity.
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[CNCF attribution recommendations]: https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/main/recommendations-for-attribution.md

license-notices.md

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There is no one mandatory way in which license notices need to be provided. Following are some options for ways to provide notices in various use cases.
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For additional details regarding attribution notices for third party code used
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in CNCF projects, see the [CNCF attribution recommendations] document.
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### Original content for CNCF projects
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Under the [CNCF charter], section 11, source code is to be made available under the Apache License, version 2.0 (Apache-2.0) and documentation is to be made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0).
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The [REUSE Software Initiative](https://reuse.software/spec/) also contains recommendations for placing license texts within a `/LICENSES/` directory.
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[CNCF Charter]: https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/charter.md
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[CNCF attribution recommendations]: https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/main/recommendations-for-attribution.md

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