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LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 Mendix BV
+
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README.md

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 A [`cookiecutter`](https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter) based Python
 project template.
 
+This is an opinionated template, based on useful defaults that we like to have
+when creating new projects. We include a pre-built makefile, with rules for
+linting and test, scaffolded unit tests, and tools for building wheels,
+amongst other things. 
+
+This project is open source because we think it might be useful to other
+engineers. However, Mendix does not officially support this project.
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT license.
+
 ## Usage - new project
 
 In the below sections it is explained how to generate a new Python package with