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+With the exception of the files in the autoconf directory, these files
+are present for informational purposes. They are not used or
+installed by the programs. All of them are available elsewhere, and
+the versions in this distribution may be out of date.
+
+COPYING and COPYING.LIB contain the GNU Public Licenses, which apply to
+the binaries created by this distribution, and some of the source
+files. (Each source file states its copying conditions.)
+
+MIRROR is a list of mirror sites for TeX and GNU software. (For the
+latest, finger ctan@ftp.tug.org and fsf@prep.ai.mit.edu, respectively.)
+
+texinfo.tex is the macro file needed to produce DVI files to print the
+documentation. (For the latest, check the latest GNU distribution, or
+/gd/gnu/texinfo/texinfo.tex if you have an account on the FSF machines.)
+
+unixtex.ftp describes how to obtain a TeX system by ftp or on physical
+media, and some alternative TeX distributions. (See
+http://www.tug.org/unixtex.ftp.)
+
+The files in the autoconf directory provide a patched version of the data
+files of autoconf 2.13, and are used when maintainer mode is enabled.