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 ## License
 
-Darwin Core (c) by the Darwin Core Task Group, Biodiversity Informatics Standards (TDWG). Darwin Core is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). A copy of the license is provided in [LICENSE](LICENSE).
+[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
 
 ### How to cite Darwin Core