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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

For any questions, you can reach me at spur@cyberdude.com
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Dear ESMS user,

This brief readme file will guide you through
first steps you have to make in order to get 
familiar with the program you downloaded.

First of all, as the header of this file states,
ESMS is released under the GPL license. It means 
that ESMS is a freeware program and you can use and 
redistribute it at will. You should, however, read 
the license.txt which is a copy of the GPL.

In order to understand what ESMS is all about, 
read the esmshelp.txt file. This file is the 
manual of ESMS, it is nearly impossible to master 
ESMS without reading it.

If you are interested in more technical details,
numbers and formulas behind the ESMS engine, you 
should read numhelp.txt. This file is written 
assuming you've read esmshelp.txt thoroughly.

Finally, in order to learn how to run ESMS and 
make use of its utilities, you should read the 
admhelp.txt file. It fully explains all the 
aspects of running a league with ESMS. 

And most important: at any time, feel free to 
contact me with any questions.

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Eli Bendersky: spur@cyberdude.com


