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Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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Every source file has @SPDX-License-Identifier@ header that identifies the exact copyright license that applies to that file.

In general, Arvados server-side components and system administration tools contained in the @services/@, @lib/@, @apps/@, @cmd/@, and @tools/@ directories, including the API Server, Workbench, Keep, and Crunch, are licenced under the "GNU Affero General Public License version 3":agpl-3.0.html.

The Arvados client tools and Software Development Kits contained in the @sdk/@ directory and code samples in the Aravados documentation are licensed under the "Apache License, Version 2.0":LICENSE-2.0.html.

The Arvados Documentation located in the @doc/@ directory is licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States":by-sa-3.0.html.