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-# Gameserver
-
-# abstract
+# gameserver
 
 The intention was to create a MMO gameserver in C. This was one of the basics
 for taskrambler and is no longer actively maintained.
 
-# requirements
+## Requirements
+
+ * GNU C
+
+## Contributing
+
+Just email me.
+
+## License
 
-Gnu C
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+    
+    This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+    
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-# status
+## Author
 
-abandoned
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+Georg Hopp <georg@steffers.org>