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+## Description
+
+A script for tracking the video episodes organized in the
+VIDEO/Title/Season/Episode tree.
+
+## License
+    Copyright (C) 2011-2013, Maxim Lihachev, <envrm@yandex.ru>
+
+    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, version 3.
+   
+    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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+