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+## CC-BY 4.0 License
+Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Uphold
+
+This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
+or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
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 # Contributing
 All submissions are welcome. To submit a change, fork this repo, commit your changes, and send us a pull request.
+
+[![Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license][license-badge-image]][license-badge-link]
+
+[license-badge-image]: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/80x15.png
+[license-badge-link]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/