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+
+Friendika addons/plugins license terms are under the control of the project 
+author or authors. 
+
+Developers are free to set their own license terms on addons/plugins as 
+standalone works. These license terms apply only to the covered addon or
+plugin. 
+
+Addons/plugins may be licensed under copyleft or other license terms. Although 
+these projects may require Friendika to operate, no addon or plugin may 
+mandate any changes to the Friendika project license.
+
+If no license terms are set on an addon/plugin project, the Friendika BSD 
+project license will apply to the work, but with the project author as the 
+license owner and copyright holder.
+