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 The project is a public domain work and is not subject to domestic or international copyright protection. See [the license file](LICENSE) for additional information.
 
-Members of the public and US government employees who wish to contribute are encourage to do so, but by contributing, dedicate their work to the public domain and waive all rights to their contribution under the terms of the [CC0 Public Domain Dedication](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
+Members of the public and US government employees who wish to contribute are encourage to do so, but by contributing, dedicate their work to the public domain and waive all rights to their contribution under the terms of the [CC0 Public Domain Dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
 
 ## Privacy
 
-Comments, pull requests and any other messages received through this repository may be subject to the [Presidential Records Act](http://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.html) and may be archived. Learn more at http://WhiteHouse.gov/privacy
+Comments, pull requests and any other messages received through this repository may be subject to the [Presidential Records Act](https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.html) and may be archived. Learn more at https://WhiteHouse.gov/privacy