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 # Data version control
 Code and data version control for data science projects
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+# Copyright
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+This project is distributed under the Apache license version 2.0 (see the LICENSE file in the project root).
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+By submitting a pull request for this project, you agree to license your contribution under the Apache license version 2.0 to this project.