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 ## Copyright and license
 
-Copyright 2013-2023 Docker, inc, released under the Apache 2.0 license.
+Copyright 2013-2023 Docker, inc, released under the <a href="https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/main/LICENSE">Apache 2.0 license</a> .