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+=================
+README for Bazaar
+=================
+
+Bazaar (``bzr``) is a decentralized revision control system, designed to be
+easy for developers and end users alike.  Bazaar is part of the GNU project to
+develop a complete free operating system <http://www.gnu.org/>, and a project
+of Canonical <http://www.canonical.com/>.
+
+Ready-to-install packages are available for most popular operating systems from
+<http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/Download/> or you can install from source by
+following the instructions in the INSTALL file.
+
+To learn how to use Bazaar, see the official documentation in the `doc`
+directory or at <http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/en/>.
+
+For additional training materials including screencasts and slides,
+visit our community wiki documentation page at:
+
+    http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/Documentation/
+
+Bazaar is Free Software, and is released under the GNU General Public License,
+version 2 or later.
+
+Bazaar highlights
+=================
+
+Bazaar directly supports both central version control (like cvs/svn) and
+distributed version control (like git/hg). Developers can organize their
+workspace in whichever way they want on a per project basis including:
+
+* checkouts (like svn)
+* feature branches (like hg)
+* shared working tree (like git).
+
+It also directly supports and encourages a large number of development best
+practices like refactoring and pre-commit regression testing. Users can
+choose between our command line tool and our cross-platform GUI application.
+For further details, see our website at http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/
+
+Feedback
+========
+
+If you encounter any problems with Bazaar, need help understanding it, or would
+like to offer suggestions or feedback, please get in touch with us:
+
+* Ask a question through our web support interface, at 
+  https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/
+
+* Report bugs at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug
+
+* Write to us at bazaar@lists.canonical.com 
+  You can join the list at <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/bazaar>.
+  You don't need to subscribe to post, but your first post will be held 
+  briefly for manual moderation.
+
+* Talk to us in irc://irc.ubuntu.com/bzr
+
+Our mission is to make a version control tool that developers LOVE to use
+and that casual contributors feel confident with. Please let us know how
+we're going.
+
+The Bazaar Team