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+# Copyright 2008 Nathan Phillip Brink, Ethan Zonca
+#
+# This file is a part of distren.
+#
+# Distren is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Distren 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with distren.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+AC_PREREQ(2.61)
+AC_INIT([distren],[0.0],[ohnobinki@ohnopublishing.net])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/server/distrend.c])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(distren,0.0)
+
+AC_PROG_CC
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
+src/Makefile
+src/server/Makefile
+src/client/Makefile
+])
+
+AC_OUTPUT