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+Elgg version 1.0
+Copyright (c) 2008 Curverider Ltd
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  
+USA
+
+
+ABOUT:
+
+Elgg concept originally by:
+Ben Werdmuller <ben@elgg.com> and David Tosh <dave@elgg.com>
+
+To learn more about enterprise-grade support and services for Elgg,
+contact us via one of the following methods:
+
+Email: info@elgg.com
+Skype: curverider
+Web:   http://elgg.com/
+
+The open source project site can be found at http://elgg.org/
+
+Elgg 1.0 is released under the GNU Public License (GPL), which
+is supplied in this distribution as LICENSE.
+
+For installation instructions, please see the INSTALL file.