README
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About
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The present collection of files offers a template for a final thesis (no matter
whether project, bachelor, or master thesis). You are welcome to modify anything
to your personal needs. In case of any ambiguity, consult your supervisor on
formal aspects of the document, instead of just relying of my design choices for
the present template.

Also see the content of template-master-thesis.pdf for some more suggestions.

Usage
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It is strongly recommended to use a latex wrapper like latexmk (or rubber), in
order to build it. You can find a Makefile in the toplevel directory providing
a nice interface to latexmk:

Type `make` In order to build the PDF, type `make clean` to remove all
automatically generated files (including the PDF).

License of this Template
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You can freely use the present template for your final thesis (i.e. master or bachelor or project thesis).
It is not mandatory at all to use this template for your final thesis.
It is just a suggestion! You are also allowed to change anything you would like to change in order to fit your needs/taste/...

License for your Thesis
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The template includes a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License] license remark as suggested license for your thesis.
We suggest you keep this license although you are free to choose a different license.

License for your Implementation
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For implementations you write as part of your thesis we recommend to use a different repository and license this code under an Open Source license like GPL-3 or Apache.
When choosing a license for your implementations keep in mind that containing/modifying previous implementations licensed under GPL-3 requires you to use GPL-3 for your code as well.

It is common to indicate the license of your code via a file called LICENSE in the folder of your repository.
If such a file does not exist already, GitLab displays a button "Add LICENSE" where you can select from common licenses as a template.

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