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+The sudo philosophy
+===================
+Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges
+to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few
+privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done.
+
+Where to find sudo
+==================
+Before you try and build sudo, *please* make sure you have the current
+version. The latest sudo may always be gotten via anonymous ftp from
+ftp.sudo.ws in the directory /pub/sudo/ or from the sudo web site,
+https://www.sudo.ws/
+
+The distribution is sudo-M.m.tar.gz where `M' is the major version
+number and `m' is the minor version number. BETA versions of sudo may
+also be available. If you join the `sudo-workers' mailing list you
+will get the BETA announcements (see the `Mailing lists' section below).
+
+What's new
+==========
+See the NEWS file for a list of major changes in this release.
+For a complete list of changes, see the ChangeLog file. For a
+summary of major changes to the current stable release, see the web
+page, https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html.
+
+If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Sudo, please see
+the UPGRADE file in the doc directory.
+
+For a history of sudo please see the HISTORY file in the doc directory.
+You can find a list of contributors to sudo in the doc/CONTRIBUTORS file.
+
+Building the release
+====================
+Please read the installation guide in the `INSTALL' file before trying to
+build sudo. Pay special attention to the "OS dependent notes" section.
+
+Copyright
+=========
+Sudo is distributed under an ISC-style license.
+Please refer to the `LICENSE' file included with the release for details.
+
+Mailing lists
+=============
+sudo-announce This list receives announcements whenever a new version
+ of sudo is released.
+ https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-announce
+
+sudo-blog This list receives a message when a new sudo blog
+ article is available.
+ https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-blog
+
+sudo-commits This list receives a message for each commit made to
+ the sudo source repository.
+ https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-commits
+
+sudo-users This list is for questions and general discussion about sudo.
+ https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-users
+
+sudo-workers This list is for people working on and porting sudo.
+ https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-workers
+
+To subscribe to a list, visit its url (as listed above) and enter
+your email address to subscribe. Digest versions are available but
+these are fairly low traffic lists so the digest versions are not
+a significant win.
+
+Mailing list archives are also available. See the mailing list web sites
+for the appropriate links.
+
+Web page
+========
+There is a sudo web page at https://www.sudo.ws/ that contains an
+overview of sudo, documentation, downloads, a bug tracker, information
+about beta versions and other useful info.
+
+Bug reports
+===========
+If you have found what you believe to be a bug, you can file a bug
+report in the sudo bug database, on the web at https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/.
+
+Please read over the `TROUBLESHOOTING' file in the doc directory *before*
+submitting a bug report. When reporting bugs, please be sure to include
+the version of sudo you are using as well as the platform you are running
+it on.