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 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEATHER UTILITY
 
-Copyright (c) 2006 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>, all rights reserved.
-Licensed per terms in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
+Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
+granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed with
+this software.
 
 
 WHAT?
@@ -10,24 +12,24 @@ This command-line utility is intended to provide quick access to
 current weather conditions and forecasts. Presently, it is
 capable of returning data for localities throughout the USA by
 retrieving and formatting decoded METARs (Meteorological
-Aerodrome Reports) from NOAA (the National Oceanic and
-Atmospheric Administration) and forecasts from the NWS (National
-Weather Service). The tool is written to function in the same
-spirit as other command-line informational utilities like cal(1),
-calendar(1) and dict(1). It can retrieve arbitrary weather data
-via specific command-line switches (station ID, city, state), or
-aliases can be configured system wide and on a per-user basis. It
-can be freely used and redistributed under the terms of the BSD
-License.
+Aerodrome Reports) from NOAA (the USA National Oceanic and
+Atmospheric Administration) and forecasts from NWS (the USA
+National Weather Service). The tool is written to function in the
+same spirit as other command-line informational utilities like
+cal(1), calendar(1) and dict(1). It can retrieve arbitrary weather
+data via specific command-line switches (station ID, city, state),
+or aliases can be configured system wide and on a per-user basis.
+It can be freely used and redistributed under the terms of a
+BSD-like License.
 
 
 WHY?
 
-My girlfriend has a long commute to/from work and school, and
-often wants to check the weather both for home and her office.
+My girlfriend had a long commute to/from work and school, and
+often wanted to check the weather both for home and her office.
 Unfortunately, starting a Web browser, pulling up a weather site,
 entering multiple ZIP codes and waiting for them to load is
-time-consuming for the marginally-impatient. Since she tends to
+time-consuming for the marginally-impatient. Since she tended to
 stay logged into a shell server most of the time, I figured I'd
 install a quick command-line tool to retrieve weather info for
 her commute, but to my surprise, a quick search turned up little
@@ -47,6 +49,5 @@ be had here:
 
    http://fungi.yuggoth.org/weather/src/
 
-Alternatively, Debian Etch (testing) and Sid (unstable) users can
-install the weather-util package from any mirror.
-
+Alternatively, Debian users can install the weather-util package
+from any mirror.