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@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data.  It is
 a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS.
 
 PSPP supports T-tests, ANOVA and GLM analyses, factor analysis,
-non-parametric tests, and other statistical features.  PSPP produces
-statistical reports in plain text, PDF, PostScript, CSV, HTML, SVG,
-and OpenDocument formats.
+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.
@@ -14,10 +15,10 @@ 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.  
-          
+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://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
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ 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 convertor for "646" to "UTF-8"'.  These test
+          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.
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ or emailed to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org.  We prefer the web-based system
 because it makes it more difficult for us to lose track of bugs, but we
 are happy to hear from users through any means.
 
+The PSPP bug tracker and bug reporting mailing list are public.  To
+privately report a security vulnerability in GNU PSPP, please send
+your report to the closed mailing list pspp-security@gnu.org.  The
+PSPP developers will help you assess your report and fix problems
+prior to public disclosure.
+
 The long term goals for PSPP are ambitious.  We wish to provide the
 following support to users:
 
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ 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.  
+       * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces.
 
        * Good documentation.  Currently the PSPP manual describes its
           language completely, but we would like to add information on