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-Autodist
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-The Autodist is a source distribution management system that allows 
-powerful mechanisms to define what is included in and excluded from a 
-distribution, and what license the distribution is released under.  It is 
-also used to create the actual distribution source packages.  Autodist 
-allows distribution management in file, directory and file content level.  
-Different distributions may include different portions of files, for 
-example, excluding certain features from certain distributions.  It is 
-always guaranteed that anything not defined for the distribution, is 
-removed automatically (files, file content, directories), thus ensuring 
-that nothing is accidentally included in the distribution.
-
-Autodist is closely related to the Autoconf and Automake tools, and 
-complements the features Autoconf and Automake provides.  It is especially 
-targeted into circumstances where multiple distributions are created from 
-one source tree.  The Autoconf and Automake environment is mainly designed 
-for one application per one source tree situations.  Autodist provides 
-mechanisms to create all kinds of distributions that can be created from 
-one source tree.  To be able to use Autodist, the Autoconf and Automake 
-must be installed into the system.
-
-The motivation behind Autodist stems from need to be able to create 
-multiple distributions from one large source tree in a precise and 
-controllable manner.  The Autoconf and Automake provides mere basic 
-control what is included in and excluded from distributions and how the 
-distributions are created.  They also do not provide mechanism to define 
-different licensing conditions for different distributions, or changing 
-the license automatically for different user or customer purposes.  Many 
-large software projects, companies and corporations have commonly been 
-using Autoconf and Automake tools, but have had the need to create their 
-own ad-hoc mechanisms to control distribution creation.  The Autodist 
-attempts to provide a tool that any size software project or company can 
-effectively use to manage their distributions.
-
-Autodist is not a binary packaging system.  It is specificly used to 
-create source distributions.  A binary packaging system, however can be 
-hooked to the distribution creation process, if needed.
-
-Read the INSTALL file on how to install the Autodist.  Refer info pages 
-for Autodist documentation by giving 'info autodist'.  Mail suggestions 
-and/or patches to autodist@silcnet.org, and bugs to 
-autodist-bugs@silcnet.org.  Please, always include the Autodist version 
-number to your email.  Give 'autodist --version' to get version.
-
-Autodist was originally written for the SILC Project (Secure Internet Live 
-Conferencing), which needed controlled mechanism to create several 
-distinct distributions from one source tree.
-