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+${gcube.license}
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+The gCube System - ${name}
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+${description}
+ 
+${gcube.description}
+ 
+${gcube.funding}
+ 
+ 
+Version
+--------------------------------------------------
+${version} (${buildDate})
+ 
+Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
+ 
+ 
+Authors
+--------------------------------------------------
+* Paolo Fabriani (paolo.fabriani-AT-eng.it)
+  Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy 
+ 
+ 
+Maintainers
+-------------------------------------------------- 
+* Paolo Fabriani (paolo.fabriani-AT-eng.it)
+  Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy 
+ 
+ 
+Download information
+-------------------------------------------------- 
+Source code is available from SVN: 
+    ${scm.url}
+ 
+Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: 
+   ${gcube.website}
+ 
+ 
+Installation
+--------------------------------------------------
+Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/[admin guide page name here]  
+ 
+ 
+Documentation 
+--------------------------------------------------
+Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+    ${gcube.wikiRoot}[user guide page name here]
+    ${gcube.wikiRoot}[developer guide page name here] 
+ 
+
+Support 
+--------------------------------------------------
+Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
+    ${gcube.issueTracking}
+ 
+ 
+Licensing
+--------------------------------------------------
+This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
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