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+Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
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 ## Supporting files and templates
 In the `workflow-supporting-files` you will find the following files:
 - Sonar project templates for GoLang, Ruby and Rust, which can becopied as`sonar-project.properties` into the root of a repo and modified
-- `.license_scout.yml` contains the default/reference fallback licenses for common Courier items
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+- `.license_scout.yml` contains the default/reference fallback licenses for common Courier items
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+# Copyright
+
+See [COPYRIGHT.md](./COPYRIGHT.md).
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