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 All contributions to this project will be released as follows:
 
-1. If you are a U.S. government employee, then your changes are exempt from copyright in the U.S. and will be released under the [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) [Universal license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode) worldwide.
-1. If you are a not a U.S. government employee, then your changes will be released under the [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) [Universal license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode) in the U.S. and worldwide.
+1. If you are a U.S. government employee on active duty, then your changes are exempt from copyright in the U.S. and will be released under the [Apache 2.0](https://github.com/nsacyber/HIRS/blob/master/LICENSE.md) license.
+1. If you are a not a U.S. government employee on active duty, then your changes will be released under the [Apache 2.0](https://github.com/nsacyber/HIRS/blob/master/LICENSE.md) license.
 
-By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.
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+By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.