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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: the secureCodeBox authors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+name: Check License Compliance
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - v[0-9]+.x
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  license-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    if: github.repository == 'secureCodeBox/secureCodeBox'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
+        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v2
+        with:
+          args: --include-submodules lint