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+COPYRIGHT (c) 2013 dotCloud, inc.
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Our intention is to release this software under an open-source licence at a future date.
+Until then, please do not share it without written consent of the authors.
+
+If you have an opinion on the best choice of licence, please voice it at https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/issues/7 .