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+# Monitoring plugins
+
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-blue.svg)](https://git.yaegashi.fr/nishiki/gpm/src/branch/master/LICENSE)
+
+A collection of monitoring plugins for nagios-like monitoring
+
+## License
+
+```text
+Copyright (c) 2019 Adrien Waksberg
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+```