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+Licensing
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+Documentation Content
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+.. image:: /_static/cc-symbol.png
+ :alt: Creative Commons License
+ :target: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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+The libMariaS3 Documentation is licensed under a `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>`_.
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