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+# LibreTime
+
+LibreTime is a community managed fork of the AirTime project.
+
+It is managed by a friendly inclusive community of stations 
+from around the globe that use, document and improve LibreTime. 
+Join us in fixing bugs and in defining how we manage the 
+codebase going forward.
+
+We are currently ramping up development on this repository.
+
+Please direct your inquiries to the taiga or open an issue
+in GitHub.
+
+## License
+
+LibreTime is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation, 
+version 3 of the License.
+
+## Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2011-2017 Sourcefabric z.ú.
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 LibreTime Community
+
+Please refer to the original [README](README), 
+[CREDITS](CREDITS) and [LICENSE_3RD_PARTY](LICENSE_3RD_PARTY) 
+for more information.