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@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ nalgebra is a n-dimensional linear algebra library written with the rust
 programming language.
 It is mainly focused on features needed for real-time physics. It should be
 usable for graphics too.
+
+Licence
+=======
+nalgebra is provided "as is", under the BSD 3-Clause License.