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 ## Licenses
 
-Axe-core is distributed under an [MIT license](LICENSE). It comes bundled with several dependencies which are distributed under their own terms. (See [LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt](LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt))
+Axe-core is distributed under the [Mozilla Public License, version 2.0](LICENSE). It comes bundled with several dependencies which are distributed under their own terms. (See [LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt](LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt))