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+Low Level Virtual Machine (LLVM)
+================================
+
+This directory and its subdirectories contain source code for the Low Level 
+Virtual Machine, a toolkit for the construction of highly optimized compilers,
+optimizers, and runtime environments. 
+
+LLVM is open source software. You may freely distribute it under the terms of
+the license agreement found in LICENSE.txt.
+
+Please see the HTML documentation provided in docs/index.html for further
+assistance with LLVM.