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 [![Imports: isort](https://img.shields.io/badge/%20imports-isort-%231674b1?style=for-the-badge&labelColor=ef8336)](https://pycqa.github.io/isort/)
 [![Ruff](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astral-sh/ruff/main/assets/badge/v2.json&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
 [![code style: prettier](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-prettier-ff69b4.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/prettier/prettier)
-[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
 
 Contributions are _very welcome_ but first see [Contributing](#contributions).
 This project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
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 - [Installation](#installation)
   - [Developer](#developer)
 - [Usage](#usage)
+- [License](#license)
 
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 <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyvista/scikit-gmsh/main/docs/_static/delaunay_3d_02.png" align="center" width=512 >
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+## License
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+[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
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+This software is published under the [GPLv3 license](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html).