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 FreeCAD-library
 ===============
 
-This repository contains a library of Parts to be used by FreeCAD. 
-These parts are freely available to download, and are meant to be later integrated into a
-better Parts management system inside FreeCAD itself.
+This repository contains a library of Parts to be used in FreeCAD. It is maintained by the community
+of users of FreeCAD and is not part of the FreeCAD project, although it is made with the aim to be
+used as a repository of parts by FreeCAD in the future.
+
+Contributing to the library
+---------------------------
 
 If you are interested in contributing to this library, please ask for write access to this repository
 on this FreeCAD forum thread: https://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/free-cad/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4205
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 Each Part should be correctly named, and placed into subdirectories by family or type. They should also
 be available in both .FcStd and .stp formats, and optionally in .stl format (because github lets you
 visualize them). They should also be as simple as possible, and parametric
-so users can easily change their dimensions.
+so users can easily change their dimensions. In the file properties of each .FcStd file, the author
+should also be mentioned, and the license information if available.
 
-All Parts in this repository are licensed under CC-BY http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
+License
+-------
+
+All Parts in this repository are licensed under CC-BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
 Each Part is copyrighted by and should be attributed to its respective author(s).
 See commit details to find the authors of each Part.
+
+If you are uploading parts to this repository, please make sure you are the author of the model,
+or otherwise that you have right to share it here under the CC-BY 3.0 license, and make sure the author
+is mentioned in the commit message.