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 # Julia-seminar
 
 Material for the Julia seminar course.
+The course material is adapted from two sources:
+  - the [course](https://github.com/mfherbst/2022-rwth-julia-workshop.git) from Michael Herbst ([MIT license](https://opensource.org/license/mit/)).
+  - the book [ThinkJulia](https://benlauwens.github.io/ThinkJulia.jl/latest/book.html) from Ben Lauwens ([Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en)).
 
 ## Software and material
 What you need for the workshop (quick overview):