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+# Source Code for [#! λ Slang](http://blog.rekahsoft.ca)
+
+## About
+
+[#! λ Slang](http://blog.rekahsoft.ca) is the personal technical blog of *Collin Doering*,
+built using software that [respects our freedoms](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html).
+
+### Features
+
+* [Hakyll][] generated static site
+* [Clay][] used for css pre-processing
+* [Hamlet][] used as a haml like html template language
+
+### License
+
+Simply put, you're welcome to use the code used to generate this site though there are a few restrictions:
+
+* Any images and artwork that embody the likeness of "#! λ Slang" are not to be distributed or
+  used and are strictly copyright
+* The content of pages and posts can be used with attribution, providing you aren't making money off of it
+
+Please see the LICENSE file for full details.
+
+## Building
+
+All that is needed to build this site is cabal and a way to fetch required packages (whether
+directly via the internet or by using the ```fetch``` argument to cabal).
+
+    % cabal configure
+    % cabal build
+    % ./site build
+
+[Hakyll]: http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/
+[Clay]: http://fvisser.nl/clay/
+[Skeleton]: http://www.getskeleton.com/
+[JQuery]: http://jquery.com
+[JQuery-address]: https://github.com/asual/jquery-address
+[MathJax]: http://www.mathjax.org/
+[Inkscape]: http://inkscape.org/
+[Gimp]: http://www.gimp.org/
+[Gnu Emacs]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
+[Gnu Free Fonts]: http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/
+
+[GPLv3]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+[Creative Commons Licence BY-NS-SA]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
+[Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/