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+[![License GPL 3][badge-license]](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 [![Gittip](http://img.shields.io/gittip/bbatsov.svg)](https://www.gittip.com/bbatsov/)
 
 Emacs Prelude
@@ -626,3 +627,5 @@ welcome. GitHub pull requests are even better! :-)
 
 Cheers,<br/>
 [Bozhidar](https://twitter.com/bbatsov)
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+[badge-license]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL_3-green.svg