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By depositing your item in UWSpace, you are authorizing the University of Waterloo to make your item available to the public under a license you will be asked to accept before you deposit your item. If you have signed a contract with a publisher(s) of this item, you should consult the terms of the publishing contract in order to see whether there are any terms governing the distribution of your item to the public and whether you have the right or obligation to impose additional license terms, for example, a Creative Commons license. 

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