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@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ The written bachelor thesis (including its original text, figures, diagrams, and
 
 This license applies **only** to the thesis and other documentation explicitly released under CC BY-SA.
 
+For example, if you write a research paper or thesis based on the content of this repository, you shall license your work with the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license. But if you fork the code of the repositories related to the original thesis, that code shall keep its original licensing (GPLv3 and/or AGPLv3 depending on which project(s) were forked).
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 ## Software
 
 The software developed as part of this work is licensed separately.