# Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (ECL-2.0)

[Educational Community License](http://opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php)
Version 2.0, April 2007

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The Educational Community License version 2.0 ("ECL") consists of the
Apache 2.0 license, modified to change the scope of the patent grant
in section 3 to be specific to the needs of the education communities
using this license. The original Apache 2.0 license can be found at:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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