diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+The source code in this repository is licensed under a BSD 3-Clause 
+license. Third-party dependencies may deviate from it.
+
 BSD 3-Clause License
 
 Copyright (c) 2022, Paul Scherrer Institute