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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 FullStacksDev
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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 These apps showcase the capabilities of the tech stack and give you an opinionated, pragmatic and in-depth learning experience. Each come with comprehensive documentation and learning content covering architecture, design decisions, data models, patterns, practices, tech stack capabilities and more.
 
 You can read more about the purpose and specs of the example apps here: TODO: link to the example apps spec page
+
+## License
+
+This template is licensed under the MIT License — see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for details.
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+>
+> This template is provided as-is and with no warranty nor liability whatsoever — please make sure you keep a close eye on any costs incurred as you'll be liable for these and anything else that arises from using this template. We recommend you review the code and architecture carefully and adapt it to your needs before deploying to a live project, paying close attention to [Firebase's pricing model](https://firebase.google.com/pricing).