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@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
 This repository is an external library of ICON collecting low-level supporting modules of ICON.
 
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@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ This repository is an external library of ICON collecting low-level supporting m
 The following packages/libraries are required for `libfortran-support`.
 - Fortran compiler
 - C compiler
-- C++ compiler
 - CMake 3.18+
 
 The following requirements are optional
+- C++ compiler (testing with [GoogleTest](https://github.com/google/googletest))
 - OpenACC(nvhpc) for GPU support
-- `fprettify` for Fortran code formatting
+- [`fprettify`](https://github.com/pseewald/fprettify) for Fortran code formatting
 - `clang-format` for C/C++ code formatting
-- Ragel State Machine Compiler 7.0+ for C code generation from `.rl` files, used for
+- [REUSE](https://reuse.software) v3.0.0+ for licensing
+- [Ragel State Machine Compiler](http://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/) 7.0+ for C code generation from `.rl` files, used for
   - `nml_annotate.c`
   - `util_arithmetic_expr.c`
   - `util_string_parse.c`
@@ -75,9 +76,11 @@ The `libfortran-support` library includes some general Fortran supporting module
 
 ## Some notes for developers
 - The `fortran-support` library is only configured by CMake.
-  - Tips and standards on CMake https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/wiki/-/wikis/CMake-recommendations-and-requirements
+  - Tips and standards on CMake [ICON developer wiki/CMake recommendations and requirements](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/wiki/-/wikis/CMake-recommendations-and-requirements)
 - The `fortran-support` library uses `fprettify` for formatting Fortran codes. Run `make format` before you commit.
-- The `fortran-support` library is unit tested. (work in progress) All merge request changes are preferable to have a unit test.
+- The `fortran-support` library is unit tested. All merge request changes are required to have a unit test. See [icon-c/Wiki/Testing and building of ICON C/Unit test frameworks](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-c/-/wikis/ICON-C-Phase-0/Testing-and-building-of-ICON-C#unit-test-frameworks) for more information on unit testing.
+  - __Fortran__ unit tests are written in [FortUTF](https://github.com/artemis-beta/FortUTF). [Assertions Documentation](https://github.com/artemis-beta/FortUTF/blob/main/docs/assertions.md)
+  - __C__ unit tests are written in [GoogleTest](https://github.com/google/googletest). [User's Guide](https://google.github.io/googletest/)
 - Fortran preprocessing is automatically applied for files with `.F90` extensions. See [\#4](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon-libraries/libfortran-support/-/issues/4) for more details.
 
 ## How to add modules in `fortran-support`?
@@ -105,10 +108,14 @@ cmake -DFS_ENABLE_OPENACC=ON ..
 make
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 4. Format the code by `make format`.
-5. Make sure your code is tested. For more information on unit tests, check out this [GitLab WIKI page](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/icon/icon-c/-/wikis/ICON-C-Phase-0/Testing-and-building-of-ICON-C#unit-test-frameworks)
+5. Make sure your code is tested. Check [developer note](#some-notes-for-developers).
+6. Check license by `reuse lint`. Check [requirements](#requirements).
+    - Code snippets should have license BSD-3-Clause
+    - Documentations should have license CC-BY-4.0
+    - Files unrelated to the library itself should have license CC0-1.0
 
 ## How to contribute
-Please open a merge request and select one of our templates for new features or bugfixes. Detailed instructions on how to proceed are provided there.
+Please open a merge request and select one of our templates: __[feature/bugfix]__. Detailed instructions on how to proceed are provided there.
 
 ## Contact
 This repository is mainly maintained by the following maintainers: