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@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ creating a .gitignore for your operating system, programming language, or IDE.
 
 Source templates for gitignore.io: https://github.com/toptal/gitignore
 
+## License of the generated files
+
+All files generated by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore are under [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
+
 ## Documentation
 
 Complete gitignore.io documentation: https://docs.gitignore.io/
@@ -129,4 +133,3 @@ Running:
 - yarn build
 - yarn test
 - docker-compose stop
-