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+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 Coder Technologies Inc.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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 # sail
 
+[!["Open Issues"](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/cdr/sail.svg)](https://github.com/cdr/sail/issues)
+[![MIT license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](https://github.com/cdr/sail/blob/master/LICENSE)
+[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/463752820026376202.svg?label=&logo=discord&logoColor=ffffff&color=7389D8&labelColor=6A7EC2)](https://discord.gg/zxSwN8Z)
+
 `sail` is a universal workflow for reproducible, project-defined development environments.
 
 It can be used as a command line, or through the browser with