some steps towards a readme

Author: christophfink

README.md

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 # Radkummerkasten
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+<!-- badges -->
+<!--// [![stable version][stable-version-badge]][stable-version-link] //-->
+<!--// [![downloads (pypi)][downloads-pypi-badge]][downloads-pypi-link] //-->
+<br />
+[![Unit tests][test-status-badge]][test-status-link]
+<!--//[![Documentation Status][rtd-status-badge]][rtd-status-link] //-->
+[![Coverage][coverage-badge]][coverage-link]
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+TBA
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+## License
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+This work is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0.
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+`SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only`
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+<!-- links used throughout the document -->
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+<!-- (1) badges -->
+[coverage-badge]: https://codecov.io/gh/christophfink/radkummerkasten.at/graph/badge.svg?token=W8M41NEL56
+[coverage-link]: https://codecov.io/gh/christophfink/radkummerkasten.at/
+[downloads-pypi-badge]: https://static.pepy.tech/personalized-badge/radkummerkasten?period=total&units=international_system&left_color=grey&right_color=orange&left_text=Downloads%20(pypi)
+[downloads-pypi-link]: https://pypi.org/project/radkummerkasten/
+[rtd-status-badge]: https://readthedocs.org/projects/radkummerkasten/badge/?version=stable
+[rtd-status-link]: https://radkummerkasten.readthedocs.io/
+[stable-version-badge]: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/radkummerkasten?label=Stable
+[stable-version-link]: https://github.com/christophfink/radkummerkasten.at/releases
+[test-status-badge]: https://github.com/christophfink/radkummerkasten.at/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg
+[test-status-link]: https://github.com/christophfink/radkummerkasten.at/actions/workflows/test.yml
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