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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2016 Francois Best
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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+
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-#Arduino MIDI Library v4.2
+# Arduino MIDI Library
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/FortySevenEffects/arduino_midi_library.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/FortySevenEffects/arduino_midi_library)
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+[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/FortySevenEffects/arduino_midi_library.svg?maxAge=2592000)](LICENSE)
 
 This library enables MIDI I/O communications on the Arduino serial ports.
 The purpose of this library is not to make a big synthesizer out of an Arduino board, the application remains yours. However, it will help you interfacing it with other MIDI devices.