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 ## tarpc: Tim & Adam's RPC lib
-[![Travis-CI
-Status](https://travis-ci.org/google/tarpc.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/google/tarpc)
+[![Travis-CI Status](https://travis-ci.org/google/tarpc.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/google/tarpc)
+[![Software License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-brightgreen.svg)](LICENSE.txt)
 
 *Disclaimer*: This is not an official Google product.