From 7759dbf32895076b3a41f41b8c6cfd57aa05b21a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jlaura <jlaura@usgs.gov>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:25:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Create LICENSE.md

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+Unless otherwise noted, this project is in the public domain in the
+United States.
+
+It contains materials that originally came from the United States
+Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of
+Interior.  For more information on their copyright policies, see
+https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits
+
+It also contains materials from contributors that have waived their
+copyright interest to the public domain.
+
+Additionally, the authors waive copyright and related rights in the
+work worldwide through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.
+
+CC0 1.0 Universal Summary
+-------------------------
+
+This is a human-readable summary of the [Legal Code (read the full
+text)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode).
+
+
+### No Copyright
+
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+by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright
+law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent
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+
+You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for
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+
+
+### Other Information
+
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+
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