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+These files are intended to be copied to ` /etc/udev/rules.d/` on a GNU/Linux system,
+in order to grant permissions to access various devices to users in the audio group.
+
+After doing so either reboot, or restart udevd as follows:
+
+```
+sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
+sudo udevadm trigger
+```