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+# UFL legacy - Unified Form Language
+
+This is an archive of a legacy version of UFL that is the final version that can
+be used with legacy FEniCS. It can be installed with:
+
+```bash
+pip install fenics-ufl-legacy
+```
+
+The Unified Form Language (UFL) is a domain specific language for
+declaration of finite element discretizations of variational forms. More
+precisely, it defines a flexible interface for choosing finite element
+spaces and defining expressions for weak forms in a notation close to
+mathematical notation.
+
+UFL is part of the FEniCS Project. For more information, visit
+https://www.fenicsproject.org
+
+.. image:: https://github.com/FEniCS/ufl/workflows/UFL%20CI/badge.svg
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+   :alt: Documentation Status
+
+## Documentation
+
+Documentation can be viewed at https://fenics-ufl.readthedocs.org/.
+
+## License
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.