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+Copyright(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation
+All rights reserved.
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+MIT License
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files(the "Software"), 
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
+and / or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions :
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED *AS IS*, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS 
+IN THE SOFTWARE.
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 ## Troubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions
 - "Unknown blob" error code: You are probably trying to run the Windows Containers-based Docker image on a Linux-based Docker Engine. If you want to continue running the Windows Container-based image, we recommend reading the following community article: [Run Linux and Windows Containers on Windows 10](https://stefanscherer.github.io/run-linux-and-windows-containers-on-windows-10/).
 
+## License
 
+The Docker resource files for SQL Server are licensed under the MIT license.  See the [LICENSE file](LICENSE) for more details.