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+ ABOUT THE SECOND LIFE VIEWER SOURCE ARCHIVE PROJECT
+
+   This project is a community-maintained archive of Second Life 
+   viewer source code releases. For more information about the 
+   project, see:  
+
+     http://github.com/jacek/sl-viewer-source-archive/
+  
+  
+ PURPOSE
+ 
+   The purpose of the archive is to provide a base for viewer
+   forks or patch development and a convenient method for viewing
+   and merging the diffs between releases via the Git version
+   control system.
+  
+  
+ CONTENTS
+  
+   The archive contains the full source code for every official,
+   versioned release and release candidate of the Second Life
+   viewer since January 2007, when the viewer code was first
+   released.
+
+   The archive does not contain the source for betas, "First
+   Look" viewers, dated snapshots, or development branches,
+   because it is infeasible to deduce their ancestral
+   relationship to other versions.
+
+   The archive also does not contain the viewer artwork or
+   required libraries, for space and licensing reasons.
+
+   As of this writing, these other resources (as well as all
+   code contained in the archive) are available for download
+   from Linden Research, Inc.:
+
+     http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Source_downloads
+
+  
+ LICENSE
+  
+   All code in the archive has been released by Linden Research
+   Inc. under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
+   2.0 (plus a special exception). See linden/LICENSE-source.txt
+   for details.
+  
+  
+ DISCLAIMERS AND NOTICES
+ 
+   The project and archive are in no way affiliated with
+   Linden Research, Inc.
+
+   Second Life is a registered trademark of Linden Research, Inc.