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 Rattail
 =======
 
-Rattail is a retail software framework based on `edbob <http://edbob.org/>`_,
-and released under the GNU Affero General Public License.
+Rattail is a retail software framework, released under the GNU Affero General
+Public License.
 
 This is the core ``rattail`` package.
 
 Please see Rattail's `home page <http://rattail.edbob.org/>`_ for more
 information.
-
-
-Installation
-------------
-
-Install the software with::
-
-   $ pip install rattail
-
-
-Usage
------
-
-Built-in help can be seen with::
-
-   $ rattail help