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README.md

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 [![Language Machines Badge](http://applejack.science.ru.nl/lamabadge.php/LaMachine)](http://applejack.science.ru.nl/languagemachines/)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/proycon/LaMachine.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/proycon/LaMachine)
 [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/proycon/lamachine.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/proycon/lamachine/)
-[![Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/active.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#active)
+[![Project Status: Unsupported - The project has reached a stable, usable state but the author(s) have ceased all work on it](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/unsupported.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#unsupported)
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+**IMPORTANT NOTE: LaMachine is end-of-life and being deprecated. See [this post](https://github.com/proycon/LaMachine/issues/214) for reasons and alternative solutions**
 
 LaMachine is a unified software distribution for Natural Language Processing.  We integrate numerous open-source NLP
 tools, programming libraries, web-services, and web-applications in a single Virtual Research Environment that can be