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-# FairMQ [![license](https://alfa-ci.gsi.de/shields/badge/license-LGPL--3.0-orange.svg)](COPYRIGHT) [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.1689985.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1689985)
+# FairMQ
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 C++ Message Queuing Library and Framework