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 ## References
 
-**h5ai** profits from other projects, all of them licened under the MIT license
+**h5ai** profits from other projects, all of them licensed under the MIT license
 too. Exceptions are [GNOME Symbolic Icons][gnome-icons] (CC BY-SA 3.0) and
 [Ubuntu Font Family][ubuntu-fonts] (UFL).