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+This is the release version of CTDB, a clustered implementation of TDB
+database used by Samba and other projects to store temporary data.
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+This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license,
+a copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file
+called COPYING).
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+For documentation on CTDB, please visit CTDB website http://ctdb.samba.org.