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 [![all bounties](https://img.shields.io/badge/github-All_bountied_issues-30bae8 "all bountied issues, bountysource and otherwise")](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues?q=label:bounty)
 [![bountysource bounties](https://api.bountysource.com/badge/team?team_id=75979&style=bounties_received "issues bountied via bountysource")](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/hledger)
 
-## Obligatory Badges
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 [![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv3+-brightgreen.svg)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
 [![hledger CI](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/workflows/hledger%20CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/actions)