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+# notes
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+This is the repository containing the [mkdocs](https://www.mkdocs.org) files for the [notes](https://notes.lucbijl.nl) on various matters that serve as a fallback alongside the memory-leak prone neuronal contraption of mine.
+
+## Licensing
+
+The source of these notes is released under the AGPL 3.0 license and the content of these notes is released under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.