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 pyOpenSSL - A Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library
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-Copyright (C) AB Strakt 2001, All rights reserved
-
-I wrote this module working for AB Strakt (http://www.strakt.com/) and they
-paid me to do it, and it is with their consent this module is released to the
-general public.
-
 See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
 
-I appreciate bug reports and patches, just mail me!
-
-
-This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-This library 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
-Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1) is included in
-the file COPYING.
-
-
-@(#) $Id: README,v 1.2 2001/07/25 10:42:57 martin Exp $
+I appreciate bug reports and patches.  Please visit
+<http://bugs.launchpad.net/pyopenssl>.