diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*~
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+*.gch
+*.exe
+*.lib.a
+Makefile
+/bin
+/build
+/lib
diff --git a/COPYING.SLTDL b/COPYING.SLTDL
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+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  sltdl: a surrogate ltdl implementation                                   */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  Copyright (C) 2019 Z. Gilboa                                             */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining    */
+/*  a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the          */
+/*  "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      */
+/*  without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      */
+/*  distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to       */
+/*  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to    */
+/*  the following conditions:                                                */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  */
+/*  in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  */
+/*  OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               */
+/*  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   */
+/*  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY     */
+/*  CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,     */
+/*  TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE        */
+/*  SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                   */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/README b/README
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+sltdl: a surrogate ltdl implementation.
+---------------------------------------