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CC-BY-3.0 was shiny and new back in 2009, but CC-BY-4.0 is generally preferred now. Update our CC-BY uses to CC-BY-4.0. Google lawyers signed off on the overall CC-BY-4.0 update and Renee French signed off on the update of the gopher license. See also CL 447156. Change-Id: I3908910d6011ed733271e595f761c773351b30f7 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/447275 TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org> Auto-Submit: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> Run-TryBot: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
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# The Go Programming Language
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Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple,
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reliable, and efficient software.
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![Gopher image](https://golang.org/doc/gopher/fiveyears.jpg)
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*Gopher image by [Renee French][rf], licensed under [Creative Commons 4.0 Attributions license][cc4-by].*
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Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go.
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There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.
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Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the
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BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.
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### Download and Install
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#### Binary Distributions
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Official binary distributions are available at https://go.dev/dl/.
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After downloading a binary release, visit https://go.dev/doc/install
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for installation instructions.
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#### Install From Source
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If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of
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operating system and architecture, visit
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https://go.dev/doc/install/source
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for source installation instructions.
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### Contributing
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Go is the work of thousands of contributors. We appreciate your help!
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To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines at https://go.dev/doc/contribute.
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Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and
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proposals only. See https://go.dev/wiki/Questions for a list of
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places to ask questions about the Go language.
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[rf]: https://reneefrench.blogspot.com/
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[cc4-by]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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