diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
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-${gcube.license}
diff --git a/distro/MAINTAINERS b/distro/MAINTAINERS
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-* Fabio Simeoni (fabio.simeoni@fao.org), FAO of the UN, Italy
-* Lucio Lelii (lucio.lelii@isti.cnr.it), CNR, Italy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
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-${scm.url}