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Fix Code Search link in CONTRIBUTING
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* [List of OSI approved licenses](https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical)
* [GNU's list of free licenses](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html) (*note: the license must be listed in one of the three "free" categories*)
* [Open Definition's list of conformant licenses](https://opendefinition.org/licenses/) (non-code)
3. The license must be used in at least *1,000* public repositories. This may be documented, for example, with a [GitHub code search](https://github.com/search?q=MIT+filename%3ALICENSE&type=Code).
3. The license must be used in at least *1,000* public repositories. This may be documented, for example, with a [GitHub code search](https://github.com/search?q=MIT+path%3ALICENSE&type=Code).
4. 3 notable projects using the license must be identified. These must have straightforward LICENSE files which serve as examples newcomers can follow and that could be detected by [licensee](https://github.com/licensee/licensee) if it knew about the license.
If your proposed license meets the above criteria, here's a few other things to keep in mind as you propose the license's addition:

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title: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International
spdx-id: CC-BY-SA-4.0
description: Similar to <a href='/licenses/cc-by-4.0/'>CC-BY-4.0</a> but requires derivatives be distributed under the same or a similar, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses/">compatible</a> license. Frequently used for media assets and educational materials. A previous version is the default license for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Not recommended for software.
description: Similar to <a href='/licenses/cc-by-4.0/'>CC-BY-4.0</a> but requires derivatives be distributed under the same or a similar, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses">compatible</a> license. Frequently used for media assets and educational materials. A previous version is the default license for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Not recommended for software.
how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. It is also acceptable to solely supply a link to a copy of the license, usually to the <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>canonical URL for the license</a>.