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 # License
 
-Mapnik software is free and is released under LGPL ([GNU Lesser General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html_). Please see [COPYING](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/blob/master/COPYING) for more information.
+Mapnik software is free and is released under LGPL ([GNU Lesser General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html_)). Please see [COPYING](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/blob/master/COPYING) for more information.