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 # 🤖 MDAnalysis AI-generated contributions policy 🤖
 
 ### Version: 1.0 (2026-02-03)
+### License: [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
 
 This document defines the [MDAnalysis organization's](https://github.com/MDAnalysis/) policy regarding AI-generated content. This policy applies to all aspects of the MDAnalysis project, including all the GitHub repositories under the organization.