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 PDK encourages community contributions. See the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file for development notes.
 
+## License
+
+This codebase is licensed under Apache 2.0. However, the open source dependencies included in this codebase might be subject to other software licenses such as AGPL, GPL2.0, and MIT.
+
 ## Contact Information
 
 * [For reporting bugs](https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#reporting-bugs)