From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:06:21 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: freecode.com has shut down.  This software is, accordingly, obsolete.
X-Git-Tag: 2.9~1
X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5f04da160675aa605e67c4d650c4addd67131552;p=freecode-submit.git

freecode.com has shut down.  This software is, accordingly, obsolete.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 41a9d95..4a048ec 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 		freecode-submit project release news
 
+On June 18, 2014, freecode.com ceased accepting new updates.  
+Accordingly, this software is now obsolete.
+
 2.8 @ 2013-06-01
     Minor documentation improvements, and stricter pylint checking.
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0585cb9..ab75b30 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 			freecode-submit
 
+On June 18, 2014, freecode.com ceased accepting new updates.  
+Accordingly, this software is now obsolete.
+
 freecode-submit is a script that supports remote submission of release 
 updates to Freecode via its JSON interface.  It is intended for use
 in project release scripts.