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 xCAT documentation is available at: http://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
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 Open Source License
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 In particular the `GitHub <http://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developers/github/>`_ related subsection.
 
 
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