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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mapsforge/vtm.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mapsforge/vtm)
+[![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-LGPL3-blue.svg)](COPYING.LESSER)
 
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