From 4d37356deecc2f164ed395657119f3fafc1ddff4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: c0mmando <103726157+c0mmando@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:50:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Initial commit

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 README.md |  2 ++
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 create mode 100644 README.md

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025 c0mmando
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# voat-pizzagate-archive
+This archive of the /v/pizzagate community on Voat preserves 40,446 posts and 685,330 comments from November 11, 2016 through December 25, 2020. It serves as an archive for the 27,619 users whose voices were silenced when Voat shut down on December 25, 2020.