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+= README for Open Adventure =
+
+This code is a forward-port of the Crowther/Woods Adventure 2.5 from
+1995, last version in the main line of Colossal Cave Adventure
+development written by the original authors.  The authors have given
+permission and encouragement for this release.
+
+The file history.txt contains a more detailed history of this game
+and its ancestors.
+
+This project is called "Open Adventure" because it's not at all clear
+how to number Adventure past 2.5 without misleading or causing
+collisions or both.  See the history file for discussion.  The
+original 6-character name on the PDP-10 has been reverted to for the
+executable in order to avoid a collision with the BSD games port of
+the ancestral 1977 version.
+
+You can run a regression test on the code with 'make check'.
+
This code is a forward-port of the Crowther/Woods Adventure 2.5 from 1995, last version in the main line of Colossal Cave Adventure development written by the original authors. The authors have given permission and encouragement to this release.