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 Licensed under the Mozilla Public License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE](LICENSE) or https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/).
 
-at your option.
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-## Contribution
-
-Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
-
 ## Funding
 
 The `numcodecs-rs` repository has been developed as part of [ESiWACE3](https://www.esiwace.eu), the third phase of the Centre of Excellence in Simulation of Weather and Climate in Europe.
diff --git a/crates/numcodecs-python/README.md b/crates/numcodecs-python/README.md
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 Licensed under the Mozilla Public License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE](LICENSE) or https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/).
 
-at your option.
-
-## Contribution
-
-Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
-
 ## Funding
 
 The `numcodecs-python` crate has been developed as part of [ESiWACE3](https://www.esiwace.eu), the third phase of the Centre of Excellence in Simulation of Weather and Climate in Europe.
diff --git a/crates/numcodecs/README.md b/crates/numcodecs/README.md
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@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
 
 Licensed under the Mozilla Public License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE](LICENSE) or https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/).
 
-at your option.
-
-## Contribution
-
-Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
-
 ## Funding
 
 The `numcodecs` crate has been developed as part of [ESiWACE3](https://www.esiwace.eu), the third phase of the Centre of Excellence in Simulation of Weather and Climate in Europe.