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+<p>Refer to the file COPYING for the default licence of gstreamer-sharp. You can request a usage exception:</p>
+
+<ul>
+	<li>On request, if your software is opensource, writing to <a href="mailto:ssundermann@gnome.org">ssundermann@gnome.org</a></li>
+	<li>Acquiring a commercial license, writing to <a href="mailto:ssundermann@gnome.org">ssundermann@gnome.org</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Projects already granted gstreamer-sharp usage via LGPL are:</p>
+
+<ul>
+	<li><a href="http://github.com/Vocaluxe/Vocaluxe">Vocaluxe</a></li>
+	<li><a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/banshee/">Banshee</a></li>
+</ul>
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+=====================================================================
+Gst# 0.99.0 - 2013-12-21
+=====================================================================
+
+Gst# 0.99.0 is the first beta release of .NET/Mono bindings for Gstreamer 1.x.
+
+This version of Gst# provides bindings for the API exposed by Gstreamer 1.0.0
+
+There is no API stability guarantee for now, but we try to keep breaking
+changes to a minimum.
+
+This version of Gst# can be installed in parallel with Gst# 0.10, and should not
+have any impact on applications using Gst# 0.10.