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+The license for the Metasploit Framework is now exclusively GPLv2, please
+read through ./documentation/COPYING.txt for the complete terms.
+
 This is an *alpha* release. Many bugs still exist and quite a few features
 are still non-functional. The latest version can be obtained online from:
  - http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/msf3/