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-README stub for Net::LDAP
+Net::LDAP is an LDAP support library written in pure Ruby.
+It supports all LDAP client features, and a subset of server features as well.
+
+NOTE: Net::LDAP is currently released under GPL but we expect that it will
+be changed to the Ruby license before being released in a "stable" version.
+