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 ## License
 
-- Distributed under the [** GNU GPL-3.0 license**](https://github.com/pound-emu/pound/blob/main/LICENSE)
+- Distributed under the [**GNU GPL-3.0 license**](https://github.com/pound-emu/pound/blob/main/LICENSE)
 
 
 ## Credits