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 .. _Getting Substitutes from Other Servers: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/guix.html#Getting-Substitutes-from-Other-Servers
 
+.. _licensing:
+
+Licensing
+---------
+
+Like Guix itself, Guix-Science is distributed under the terms of the `GNU
+General Public License`, version 3 or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+A copy of the license is included in the ``COPYING`` file, and each
+source file contains an `SPDX header` confirming its license.
+
+Copyright is held by the diverse group of copyright holders for the many
+contributions made to Guix-Science over time.
+
+.. _GNU General Public License_: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0
+.. _SPDX header_: https://spdx.dev/learn/handling-license-info/
+
 Contributing
 ------------
 
+Contributors agree to provide their changes under the same license as
+the rest of Guix-Science—see :ref:`licensing`.
+
 We accept software fulfilling the following criteria:
 
 - `Free and open source`_. Use guix-science-nonfree_ otherwise.