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+Mibew Messenger
+===============
+
+Mibew Messenger is an open-source live support application written
+in PHP and MySQL. It enables one-on-one chat assistance in real-time
+directly from your website.
+
+Server requirements
+===================
+
+1. A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System
+2. PHP (5.x and above) with MySQL support
+3. MySQL 5.0 and above
+
+Terms of Use
+============
+
+Mibew Messenger is distributed under the terms of the Eclipse Public
+License (or the General Public License, this means that you can choose
+one of two, and use it accordingly) with the following special exception.
+
+License exception:
+------------------
+No one may remove, alter or hide any copyright notices or links to the
+community site (http://mibew.org or http://openwebim.org) contained
+within the Program. Any derivative work must include this license exception.