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+py_pgpwordlist
+========================================================================
+
+The [PGP word list][] is a list of words carefully crafted to allow
+people to comminicate PGP key fingerprints and similar large,
+hexadecimal strings via voice, while attempting to avoid or fix
+typical errors.
+
+This is a small Python library to make conversion between hexadecimal
+strings and lists of PGP words easy.
+
+[PGP word list]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGP_word_list
+
+
+Legalese
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The Python code is:
+
+ Copyright 2016 Lars Wirzenius
+
+ 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/>.
+
+ =*= License: GPL-3+ =*=
+
+The actual list of words is copied from Wikipedia (see URL above), and
+seems to be copyright by the PGP Corporation and relased under the GNU
+Free Documenation Licence (no invariant sections), but I've not been
+able to find a proper source for this information apart from the
+Wikipedia page.