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+# Copyright and License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019-2024 Center for Digital Education (CEDE), EPFL
+
+## Content Material
+
+All content material is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution license CC-BY 4.0. 
+
+You are free:
+* to Share---to copy, distribute and transmit the work
+* to Remix---to adapt the work
+
+Under the following conditions:
+* Attribution---You must attribute the work using "Copyright (c) CEDE, EPFL" (but not in any way that suggests that we endorse you or your use of the work). Where practical, you must also include a hyperlink to https://c4science.ch/source/noto-poc-notebooks/.
+
+With the understanding that:
+* Waiver---Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
+* Other Rights---In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:
+    * Your fair dealing or fair use rights;
+    * The author's moral rights;
+    * Rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.
+* Notice---For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is with a link to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
+
+For the full legal text of this license, please see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
+
+
+## Software
+
+Except where otherwise noted, all software is made available under the OSI-approved BSD-3-Clause license (https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause):
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
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+# Project title
+
+Start the README file by stating the name of your project or the name of your repository.
+
+## Project description
+
+We recommend that you provide a short description of your project, making sure to include relevant keywords for indexing. 
+The goal of this repository is to provide you with _template files_ that help you initialize your repository and that you can modify to fit your own needs and your own project.
+
+Then it is important to state the names of the authors and contributors of the project. 
+The contributors of this repository and the included template files are Cécile Hardebolle, Pierre-Olivier Vallès and Patrick Jermann, from the Center for Digital Education at EPFL.
+
+It is good practice to include the public URL of your repository.  
+This repository is available at: https://c4science.ch/source/noto-poc-notebooks/
+
+And finally, contact information can also be helpful.  
+For any enquiries relating to this template or this repository, please contact: [noto-support@groupes.epfl.ch](mailto:noto-support@groupes.epfl.ch)
+
+## Copyright and license
+
+Providing licensing information is very important. A brief summary should be included into your README and then you should also provide a more detailed LICENSE file. 
+
+All content in this repository is distributed publicly and openly under a Creative Commons Attribution license, [CC-BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), and all code is under [BSD-3-Clause](LICENSE.md).
+
+## Table of contents
+
+This repository contains:
+* a template `.gitignore` file
+* a template `README.md` file
+* a templace `LICENSE.md` file
+* an example notebook