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GitLab is an open source project and we are very happy to accept community contributions. Please refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md](/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
+## Licensing
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+GitLab Community Edition (CE) is available freely under the MIT Expat license.
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+All third party components incorporated into the GitLab Software are licensed under the original license provided by the owner of the applicable component.
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## Install a development environment
To work on GitLab itself, we recommend setting up your development environment with [the GitLab Development Kit](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit).