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-
-This distribution of CGAL includes:
-
-  AUTHORS          - current and former authors of CGAL
-  CHANGES          - history of changes for the library
-  CMakeLists.txt   - main script of the build system
-  INSTALL.md       - information about the installation process
-  LICENSE          - describes the license of CGAL
-  LICENSE.FREE_USE - text of the free use license (see LICENSE file)
-  LICENSE.GPL      - text of  GPL v3 license
-  LICENSE.LGPL     - text of  LGPL v3 license
-  README           - this file
-  VERSION          - version number of this release
-  auxiliary/       - directory containing miscellaneous things, currently only
-                     the icons needed for the demos on MacOS X
-  cmake/           - some scripts needed by the build system
-  config/          - some test programs used during the configuration process
-  demo/            - many demo programs for the library's various packages.
-                     These programs produce visual output (see INSTALL for
-                     prerequisites).
-  doc_html/        - documentation, e.g. the CGAL Installation Guide
-  examples/        - programs illustrating the library's functionality.
-                     These programs do not produce visual output.
-  include/         - the include files for the CGAL library (and other small
-                     external libraries as well, see the LICENSE file)
-  scripts/         - some useful scripts for CGAL programmers
-  src/             - the source code for building the CGAL libraries
-                     (as well as some external libraries, see the LICENSE file)
-
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+README
+======
+
+This distribution of CGAL includes:
+
+| File or directory | Description                                                                                      |
+|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `AUTHORS`         | current and former authors of CGAL                                                               |
+| `CHANGES.md`      | history of changes of CGAL                                                                       |
+| `CGALConfig.cmake`| [CMake package] configuration file for CGAL                                                      |
+| `CGALConfigVersion.cmake` | [CMake package] version file for CGAL                                                    |
+| `CMakeLists.txt`  | main CMake project configuration file                                                            |
+| `INSTALL.md`      | information about the installation process                                                       |
+| `LICENSE`         | describes the license of CGAL                                                                    |
+| `LICENSE.BSL`     | text of the Boost Software License (BSL) license                                                 |
+| `LICENSE.COMMERCIAL` | text of the GeometryFactory Commercial license                                                |
+| `LICENSE.GPL`     | text of the GNU General Public License (GPL) v3 license                                          |
+| `LICENSE.LGPL`    | text of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v3 license                                  |
+| `LICENSE.RFL`     | text of the ETH Zurich Random Forest algorithm License (RFL) license                             |
+| `README.md`       | this file                                                                                        |
+| `VERSION`         | version number of this release of CGAL                                                           |
+| `auxiliary/`      | directory containing miscellaneous things, such as icons needed for the demos on macOS           |
+| `cmake/`          | some scripts needed by the CMake build system                                                    |
+| `data/`           | directory containing various geometric data used by examples and demos of CGAL                   |
+| `demo/`           | many demo programs for the various packages of CGAL. These programs produce visual output.       |
+| `doc_html/`       | documentation, such as the CGAL Installation Guide                                               |
+| `examples/`       | programs illustrating the usage of various packages of CGAL.                                     |
+| `include/`        | the include files for the CGAL library (as well as small external libraries, see the file `LICENSE`) |
+| `lib/`            | contains [CMake package] configuration files for CGAL                                            |
+| `scripts/`        | some useful scripts for CGAL programmers                                                         |
+
+[CMake package]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-packages.7.html