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+Borg Contributors ("The Borg Collective")
+=========================================
+
+- Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>
+- Antoine Beaupré
+- Radek Podgorny <radek@podgorny.cz>
+- Yuri D'Elia
+
+Attic authors
+-------------
+
+Borg is a fork of Attic. Attic is written and maintained
+by Jonas Borgström and various contributors:
+
+Development Lead
+````````````````
+- Jonas Borgström <jonas@borgstrom.se>
+
+Patches and Suggestions
+```````````````````````
+- Brian Johnson
+- Cyril Roussillon
+- Dan Christensen
+- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
+- Johann Klähn
+- Petros Moisiadis
+- Thomas Waldmann
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-Borg Contributors ("The Borg Collective")
-=========================================
+.. include:: global.rst.inc
 
-- Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>
-- Antoine Beaupré
-- Radek Podgorny <radek@podgorny.cz>
-- Yuri D'Elia
+.. include:: ../AUTHORS
 
-Attic authors
--------------
+License
+=======
 
-Borg is a fork of Attic. Attic is written and maintained
-by Jonas Borgström and various contributors:
+.. _license:
 
-Development Lead
-````````````````
-- Jonas Borgström <jonas@borgstrom.se>
-
-Patches and Suggestions
-```````````````````````
-- Brian Johnson
-- Cyril Roussillon
-- Dan Christensen
-- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
-- Johann Klähn
-- Petros Moisiadis
-- Thomas Waldmann
+.. include:: ../LICENSE
+   :literal: