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+# Release Notes
+
+### 1.4.2 (Dec 07, 2016)
+* [CB-11919](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11919) - Add github pull request template
+* Merge pull request #1 from DouglasHSS/master
+* updated readme with release notes
+* version updated and license adjusted
+* support interoperability between Orientation preference and screen-orientation plugin
+* fix header file incorrectly set as source-file
+* adding missing files to plugin.xml
+* make iOS rotate as needed when lockOrientation is called
+* switch license from MIT to Apache 2.0
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