add MIT license and badges to readme

Author: ColtonRandall

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Colton Randall
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

README.md

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 # Task Manager API
 
+![Build](https://github.com/ColtonRandall/task-manager-api/actions/workflows/maven.yml/badge.svg)
+![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)
+![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/Java-21-blue)
+![Spring Boot](https://img.shields.io/badge/Spring%20Boot-4.1.0-green)
+
 A RESTful API for managing tasks built with Java 21 and Spring Boot.
 
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