diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index e179e81f..27619ab1 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
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@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 - [ ] I have updated the readme to include the new language
 - [ ] I have incremented the language count in the readme
 - [ ] I have no association with the language
+- [ ] There are no copyright issues with this code
 
 #### Link to programming language: