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 Monterey Phoenix is released under a [permissive open source license](LICENSE.txt)
 
+To pull a copy of the code without an NPS gitlab account, use the HTTPS protocol:
+```
+git clone https://gitlab.nps.edu/monterey-phoenix/trace-generator.git
+```
+
 ## Setup/Requirements
 * C++ compiler
 * Bash compatible command line