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 # License
 
-The Chess implementation is distributed under the MIT license. See accompanying file LICENSE for details.
+The Chess implementation is distributed under the [MIT](https://github.com/kbjorklu/chess/blob/master/LICENSE) license. See accompanying LICENSE file for details.
 
 Third-party components are distributed/used under their respective license: