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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ FlatDB4GeoNames provides an easy, local and fast Java access to GeoNames data.
 Christian Pierre MOMON <christian.momon@devinsy.fr>
 
 ## License
-This software is released under the GNU LGPL license.
+This software is released under the GNU LGPL.
 
 ## Requirements