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@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ These are thought of as commandline alternatives to qjackctl/cadence.
 * myjackctl-MTK start jackd for Soundcraft MTK series
 * myjackctl-umc1820 start jackd for umc1820
 
+(c) by the respective authors.    
+Licence information is in the individual files, while the default for missing licence information is CC-BY-SA.    
+
+NO WARRANTY as in GPL-3.