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+Rougail
+
+Created by:
+EOLE (http://eole.orion.education.fr)
+Copyright (C) 2005-2018
+
+Forked by:
+Cadoles (http://www.cadoles.com)
+Copyright (C) 2019-2021
+
+distribued with GPL-2 or later license
+
+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
+
+[Documentation (french)](doc/README.md)