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                                                           -*- text -*-
 GNU Wget
 ========
-                           (Temporary) Web home: http://wget.sunsite.dk/
+                             Current Web home: http://wget.sunsite.dk/
 
 GNU Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from
 the Web.  It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as
@@ -36,36 +36,33 @@ options, or via initialization file .wgetrc.  Wget allows you to
 install a global startup file (/usr/local/etc/wgetrc by default) for
 site settings.
 
-Wget works under almost all modern Unix variants and, unlike many of
-its predecessors, is written entirely in C, thus requiring no
-additional software (like perl).  As Wget uses the GNU Autoconf, it is
-easily built on and ported to other Unix's. Installation procedure is
-described in the INSTALL file.
+Wget works under almost all Unix variants in use today and, unlike
+many of its historical predecessors, is written entirely in C, thus
+requiring no additional software, such as Perl.  The external software
+it does work with, such as OpenSSL, is optional.  As Wget uses the GNU
+Autoconf, it is easily built on and ported to new Unix-like systems.
+The installation procedure is described in the INSTALL file.
 
-Like all GNU utilities, the latest version of Wget can be found at the
-master GNU archive site ftp.gnu.org, and its mirrors.  For example,
-Wget 1.8.1 is available at:
-
-    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/wget/wget-1.8.1.tar.gz
+As with other GNU software, the latest version of Wget can be found at
+the master GNU archive site ftp.gnu.org, and its mirrors.  Wget
+resides at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/wget/>.
 
 Please report bugs in Wget to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
 
-Wget has a mailing list at <wget@sunsite.dk>.  To subscribe, mail to
-<wget-subscribe@sunsite.dk>.  Wget's home page is temporarily at
-<http://wget.sunsite.dk/>.  It is being migrated to
-<http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/>, where will be its permanent home.
+See the file `MAILING-LIST' for information about Wget mailing lists.
+Wget's home page is temporarily at <http://wget.sunsite.dk/>.  It is
+being migrated to <http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/>, where will be
+its permanent home.
 
 
-MAINTAINERS: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
-             Dan Harkless <wget@harkless.org>
+MAINTAINER: Mauro Tortonesi <mauro@ferrara.linux.it>
 
 Wget was originally written by Hrvoje Niksic.  Please see the file
 AUTHORS for a list of major contributors, and the ChangeLogs for a
 detailed listing of all contributions.
 
 
-Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software
-Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 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
@@ -79,7 +76,8 @@ 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, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
+USA.
 
 In addition, as a special exception, the Free Software Foundation
 gives permission to link the code of its release of Wget with the