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 # wiki.bash-hackers.org
 Extraction of wiki.bash-hackers.org from the Wayback Machine
+
+This is targeting pages that have been captured by the Wayback Machine that specifically have '?do=edit' on the end of their URL.  This gives us the markdown source.
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+See the incomplete script "archive_crawler" to see my working.
+
+TODO: Second crawl
+TODO: Filter out all the non-markdown garbage.
+
+# LICENSE
+
+As per the original wiki.bash-hackers.org:
+
+> Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license:
+> [GNU Free Documentation License 1.3](https://web.archive.org/web/20220930131429/http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html)
+
+# COPYRIGHT
+
+The original copyright belongs to Jan Schampera (TheBonsai) and subsequent contributors, 2007 - 2023.
+
+It's extremely important to me that copyright and attribution are given where required - the original contributors are worth their dues, and IIRC I'm one of them.
+
+If you're one of the original contributors and you believe I've violated your copyright in anyway, please let me know in the first instance.