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 docker run -it --rm git-hojo.devnull.name/docker-base/alpine:3.21
 
 or use git-hojo.devnull.name/docker-base/alpine:3.21 in your Dockerfile
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+## Source
+
+This image is based off the original alpine docker image:
+https://github.com/alpinelinux/docker-alpine/blob/v3.21/x86_64/Dockerfile
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+With version 3.21.2,  however as we update the image prior to publishing the actual image is latest 3.21 at time of publishing
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+Licensing of the upstream project indicates the framework is MIT, however the Linux packages in the OCI image will contain various licenses
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