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 as [DRY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself) and [SOLID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLID) where possible.
 2. Carefully read the pull request template and follow it closely.
 3. Don't include AWS account identifiers or secret keys in your examples.
+4. To conform to licensing expectation, please follow instructions on our [Licensing guidelines wiki page](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/wiki/Licensing-guidelines).
 
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