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+# Cgilib
+
+A little helper for writing CGI programs, written in C.
+
+## Description
+
+Very old code. This is a small C code, mostly copied from an example of a
+lecurer of mine many years ago as no such things as php was there.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Do whatever you want with this code.
+
+## License
+
+None
+
+## Author
+
+Original Author unknown .. a lecturer of mine, many years ago.
+
+## Publisher
+
+Georg Hopp <georg@steffers.org>