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Add LICENSE with CC0 for public domain use
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# This project is in the worldwide public domain

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## CC0 1.0 Universal Summary

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You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

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## Contributions to this project

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## Related prior work

The contents of this repository is based on work from the [Metaschema Java repository](https://github.com/usnistgov/oscal-cli/) maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the [contents of which have been dedicated in the worldwide public domain](https://github.com/usnistgov/oscal-cli/blob/1d4f38d6b73ec34469063e2a90be69367f8d8996/LICENSE.md) using the [CC0 1.0 Universal](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication. This repository builds on this prior work, maintaining the [CCO license](https://github.com/metaschema-framework/oscal-cli/blob/main/LICENSE.md) on any new works in this repository.

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