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 ## Licence
 
-This softeware is licenced under the GNU-GPL 3 licence, you can found a copy of
+This software is licenced under the GNU-GPL 3 licence, you can found a copy of
 the licence [here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html).