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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/wesnoth/wesnoth.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/wesnoth/wesnoth)
+[![License: GPL v2](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v2-blue.svg)](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v2-blue.svg)
 
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