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+DomainClassifier
+================
+
+DomainClassifier is a simple Python library to extract and classify Internet
+domains from raw text files following their existence, localization or attributes.
+
+
+### Software Required
+
+* Python (tested successfully on version 2.6)
+* dnspython library - http://www.dnspython.org/
+
+### License
+
+Copyright (C) 2012 Alexandre Dulaunoy - a(at)foo.be 
+
+This program 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.
+
+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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.