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@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ For more information on SemVer, please visit [http://semver.org/](http://semver.
 
 ## Copyright and license
 
-Copyright 2012 Twitter, Inc under [the Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE.md).
+Copyright 2012 Twitter, Inc under [the Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).