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-**Table of Contents**    [Cockatrice](#cockatrice) | [Get Involved] (#get-involved-) | [Community](#community-resources) | [Translation](#translation-status-) | [Building](#building-) | [Running](#running) | [License](#license)
+**Table of Contents**    [Cockatrice](#cockatrice) | [Get Involved] (#get-involved-) | [Community](#community-resources) | [Translation](#translation-status-) | [Building](#building-) | [Running](#running) | [License](#license-)
 
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@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The following flags can be passed to `cmake`:
 `servatrice` is the server<br>
 
 
-# License
+# License [![GPLv2 License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv2-blue.svg)](https://github.com/Cockatrice/Cockatrice/blob/master/COPYING)
 
-Cockatrice is free software, licensed under the GPLv2; see COPYING for details.<br>
+Cockatrice is free software, licensed under the [GPLv2](https://github.com/Cockatrice/Cockatrice/blob/master/COPYING).