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+# How to apply a license
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+Originally Nextcloud was licensed under the GNU AGPLv3 only. From
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+June, 16 2016 on we switched to "GNU AGPLv3 or any later version" for
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+better long-term maintainability and to make it more secure from a
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+legal point of view.
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+
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+Additionally Nextcloud doesn't require a CLA (Contributor License
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+Agreement). The copyright belongs to all the individual
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+contributors.
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+
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+If you modify an existing file, please keep the existing license header as
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+it is and just add your copyright notice:
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+
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+````
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+@copyright Copyright (c) <year>, <your name> (<your email address>)
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+````
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+
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+If you create a new file please use this license header:
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+
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+````
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+/**
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+ * @copyright Copyright (c) <year>, <your name> (<your email address>)
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+ *
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+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
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+ *
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+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
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+ *
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+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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+ *
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+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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+ *
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+ */
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+````
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+
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+Additionally we require a Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO), look
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+at [CONTRIBUTING.md][contributing] to learn more how to sign your commits.
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+
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+[contributing]: https://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#sign-your-work
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