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-PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data. It
-is a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS.
+PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data.  It is
+a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS.
 
-PSPP development is ongoing. It already supports a large subset of
-SPSS's syntax.  Its statistical procedure support is currently
-limited, but growing. At your option, PSPP will produce statistical
-reports in  ASCII, PostScript, or HTML formats. 
+PSPP supports T-tests, ANOVA and GLM analyses, factor analysis,
+non-parametric tests, linear and logistic regression, clustering, 
+and other statistical features.  PSPP produces statistical reports in
+plain text, PDF, PostScript, CSV, HTML, SVG, and OpenDocument formats.
+It can import data from OpenDocument, Gnumeric, text and SPSS formats.
 
+PSPP has both text-based and graphical user interfaces.  The PSPP
+user interface has been translated into a number of languages.
 
 Instructions for PSPP installation are in INSTALL, including a list of
-prerequisite packages and other PSPP-specific information. Full
-documentation  on PSPP's language will be installed along with the
-programs. 
+prerequisite packages and other PSPP-specific information.  Full
+documentation on PSPP's language is also included.
 
 For information on differences from previous versions, please see file
 NEWS.  
           
 Source code for the latest release of PSPP is available at
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/pspp/.  Older versions may be obtained from
-ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/.  Development sources are available from
-CVS at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp
-   
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/pspp/.  Test releases are at
+ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/.  Development sources are available
+at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp
+
+The following miscellaneous notes apply to this release:
+
+	* On a few operating systems, such as OpenBSD, some of the
+          tests may fail with messages similar to: 'Warning: cannot
+          create a converter for "646" to "UTF-8"'.  These test
+          failures may safely be ignored.
+
 Questions and comments about using PSPP may be sent to pspp-users@gnu.org.
 Bug reports may be filed at http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=pspp
 or emailed to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org.  We prefer the web-based system
@@ -40,14 +49,7 @@ following support to users:
           an "enhanced" mode in certain cases where PSPP can output
           better results that may surprise SPSS users.
 
-	* Friendly textual and graphical interfaces.  This release
-          includes the first version of PSPPIRE, the PSPP graphical
-          user interface.
-
-	* Attractive output, including graphs, in a variety of human-
-          and machine-readable formats.  PSPP currently produces
-          output in ASCII, PostScript, and HTML formats.  We will
-          enhance PSPP's output formatting in the future.
+	* Friendly textual and graphical interfaces.  
 
 	* Good documentation.  Currently the PSPP manual describes its
           language completely, but we would like to add information on
@@ -82,3 +84,6 @@ following:
           statistical procedures is evolving quickly enough that a
           plug-in model does not make sense.  Over the long term, it
           may make sense to introduce plug-ins.
+
+For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package note
+that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval.