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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 Polaris / Entwicklung
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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 This is the repository contains the source code of the rights engine of the Polaris project.
 The Consent Engine is a software solution designed to provide a secure and efficient way for obtaining and managing user consent. The project is divided into two main components: frontend and backend. The frontend component is responsible for providing a user-friendly interface for obtaining consent, while the backend component is responsible for storing and managing user consent data.
 
-## Looking for the compiled source code?
-todo link to deployment repo 
-
-## Getting started
-Please look for detailed information of each component in the frontend and backend folder.
 
 ## Bug reporting
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+If you encounter a bug or have a feature request, kindly open an issue within the project repository.
+
+## Credits
+The "Provider Oriented Open Learning Analytics (POLARIS)" software was developed as part of the "KI:edu.nrw - Didactics, Ethics and Technology of Learning Analytics and AI in Higher Education" project funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The starting point for the development was the "EXCALIBUR LA" software developed by Sven Judel and Ulrik Schroeder at RWTH University Aachen. POLARIS was programmed by Digital Learning GmbH, Duderstadt (Managing Director: Benjamin Ledel). The following people were involved in the software development:
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+RWTH University Aachen: Wolfram Barodte, Martin Breuer, Kevin Esser, Marcus Gerards, Sven Judel, Sebastian Schilling, Malte Persike
+
+
+Ruhr University Bochum: Christopher Lentzsch, Jonas Leschke, Christian Metzger, Peter Salden, Tabea Schwarz, Christos Simis