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+build/
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diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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+Copyright 2016 Louis Dionne
+
+Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
+obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
+this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
+execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
+Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
+do so, all subject to the following:
+
+The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
+the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
+must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and
+all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
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+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
+SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE
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+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+# awful
+
+> A collection of awful archetypes for testing generic code
+
+## Overview
+TODO
diff --git a/include/awful.hpp b/include/awful.hpp
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+// Sole header file implementing the `awful` library of archetypes for testing
+// generic code. For documentation, questions, bug reports and feature requests,
+// see https://github.com/ldionne/awful.
+//
+// Copyright Louis Dionne 2016
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+// See accompanying file LICENSE.md or copy at http://boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+#ifndef AWFUL_HPP
+#define AWFUL_HPP
+
+namespace awful {
+
+} // end namespace awful
+
+#endif // !AWFUL_HPP