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diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
                              dist 4.0
-                       **  Alpha version **
 
                    Copyright (c) 1988, Larry Wall
                 Copyright (c) 1990-1992, Harlan Stenn
               Copyright (c) 1991-1997, Raphael Manfredi
               Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi
+             Copyright (c) 2007+ Many other contributors
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -18,15 +18,7 @@
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 This version of dist requires you to have at least perl 4.0 PL36.
-It has also been ported to work with perl 5.0 PL0, provided you have
-at least integrated patches 0a-0h, issued by Andy Dougherty and made
-available at the following ftp sites:
-
-	ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/perl/db/perl5.000-p0a-p0h.tar.gz
-	ftp.funet.fi:/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl5/perl5.000-p0a-p0h.tar.gz
-
-Please read all the directions below before you proceed any further, and
-then follow them carefully.
+It has also been ported to work with modern perl 5.
 
 After you have unpacked your kit, you should have all the files listed
 in MANIFEST.
@@ -48,31 +40,6 @@ use any of those, however, the directory containing your package (not this
 package) must be initialized by putting a .package file into it.  This
 can be done by running packinit in that directory.
 
-There is a mailing list hosted in Japan and set up by Shigeya Suzuki
-<shigeya@foretune.co.jp>, for discussion about the dist package as a
-whole. It's a good place to ask questions (or answer them) and to
-send your patches. I will post official patches to the net, as well
-as to the dist-users list.
-
-To send a mail to the list, address it to <dist-users@foretune.co.jp>.
-To subscribe, send a mail to <majordomo@foretune.co.jp>. If you don't
-know how to use majordomo, the syntax of the subscribe command is:
-
-	subscribe dist-users [address]
-
-where the address part is optional. You may unsubscribe automatically
-at any time by sending:
-
-	unsubscribe dist-users
-
-If you have a problem with this version of dist, it is recommended that
-you subscribe to the list, then send a description of your problem to it.
-If you send mail to me personally, I may not be able to answer in a
-timely fashion.
-
-This mailing list has low traffic (a few articles per week, typically),
-and it is expected to remain so, with a high signal/noise ratio.
-
 Notes:
 
     If you are running on a system with <= 14 char filenames, don't
@@ -119,20 +86,10 @@ clean up everything and let you re-distribute this kit, without
 carrying useless files. You should keep this distribution intact, so
 that future patches will be applyable.
 
-7) I have an automatic patch sender. Send me the following mail:
-
-	Subject: Command
-	@SH mailhelp PATH
-
-and you'll get instructions (PATH stands for YOUR e-mail address, either
-in INTERNET or in bang notation). I would recommend you to get all the
-issued patches before you start making some modifications on this
-package.
-
-8) If you wish to deinstall the package, you may run "make deinstall".
+7) If you wish to deinstall the package, you may run "make deinstall".
 A separate "make deinstall.man" will remove the manual pages. Be sure
 the makefiles are correctly set before running any deinstall target.
 On USG systems, some executable have a chance to remain despite the
 deinstall (text file busy...).
 
-	Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
+	Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com>