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 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/jaraco/skeleton/master.svg
    :target: http://travis-ci.org/jaraco/skeleton
+
+License is indicated in the project metadata (typically one or more
+of the Trove classifiers). For more details, see `this explanation
+<https://github.com/jaraco/skeleton/issues/1>`_.