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 # arch-pkgs
 
 These are some meta packages that I use to simplify my arch linux installation.
-This is loosely based on [mdaffin/arch-pkgs][mdaffin/arch-pkgs]
+This is loosely based on [mdaffin/arch-pkgs][mdaffin/arch-pkgs],
+see the corresponding MIT license in the `licenses` folder.
 
 and its accompanying [blog posts](https://disconnected.systems/blog/archlinux-repo-in-aws-bucket)
 about this topic.