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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/lh3/minimap2.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/lh3/minimap2)
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 [![BioConda Pacakge](https://anaconda.org/bioconda/minimap2/badges/installer/conda.svg)](https://anaconda.org/bioconda/minimap2)
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 ## Getting Started