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+This is RPM, the RPM Package Manager.
+
+The latest releases are always available at:
+
+	http://rpm.org/releases/
+
+Additional RPM documentation (papers, slides, HOWTOs) can also be
+found at the same site: http://rpm.org.
+
+http://rpm.org/wiki/Communicate lists all rpm releated mailing lists.
+
+RPM was originally written by:
+
+    Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
+    Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
+
+See the CREDITS file for a list of folks who have helped us out
+tremendously.  RPM is Copyright (c) 1998 by Red Hat Software, Inc.,
+and may be distributed under the terms of the GPL and LGPL (see  the
+file COPYING for details).