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+.. _about:
+
+================
+About This Guide
+================
+
+.. _introduction:
+
+Introduction
+############
+
+This is the documentation for version |version| of Bugzilla, a
+bug-tracking system from mozilla.org.
+Bugzilla is an enterprise-class piece of software
+that tracks millions of bugs and issues for hundreds of
+organizations around the world.
+
+The most current version of this document can always be found on the
+`Bugzilla
+Documentation Page <http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/>`_.
+
+.. _copyright:
+
+Copyright Information
+#####################
+
+This document is copyright (c) 2000-2012 by the various
+Bugzilla contributors who wrote it.
+
+    Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+    document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
+    License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the
+    Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no
+    Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of
+    the license is included in :ref:`gfdl`.
+
+If you have any questions regarding this document, its
+copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form,
+please contact the Bugzilla Team.
+
+.. _disclaimer:
+
+Disclaimer
+##########
+
+No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted.
+Follow the instructions herein at your own risk.
+This document may contain errors
+and inaccuracies that may damage your system, cause your partner
+to leave you, your boss to fire you, your cats to
+pee on your furniture and clothing, and global thermonuclear
+war. Proceed with caution.
+
+Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as
+endorsements, with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". We
+wholeheartedly endorse the use of GNU/Linux; it is an extremely
+versatile, stable,
+and robust operating system that offers an ideal operating
+environment for Bugzilla.
+
+Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to
+ensure that all exploitable bugs have been fixed, security holes surely
+exist in any piece of code. Great care should be taken both in
+the installation and usage of this software. The Bugzilla development
+team members assume no liability for your use of Bugzilla. You have
+the source code, and are responsible for auditing it yourself to ensure
+your security needs are met.
+
+.. COMMENT: Section 2: New Versions
+
+.. _newversions:
+
+New Versions
+############
+
+This is version |version| of The Bugzilla Guide. It is so named
+to match the current version of Bugzilla.
+
+.. todo:: BZ-DEVEL This version of the guide, like its associated Bugzilla version, is a
+   development version.
+
+The latest version of this guide can always be found at `<http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/>`_. However, you should read
+the version which came with the Bugzilla release you are using.
+
+In addition, there are Bugzilla template localization projects in
+`several languages <http://www.bugzilla.org/download/#localizations>`_.
+They may have translated documentation available. If you would like to
+volunteer to translate the Guide into additional languages, please visit the
+`Bugzilla L10n team <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:L10n>`_
+page.
+
+.. _credits:
+
+Credits
+#######
+
+The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the
+creation of this Guide, through their writing, dedicated hacking efforts,
+numerous e-mail and IRC support sessions, and overall excellent
+contribution to the Bugzilla community:
+
+.. COMMENT: TODO: This is evil... there has to be a valid way to get this look
+
+Matthew P. Barnson mbarnson@sisna.com
+    for the Herculean task of pulling together the Bugzilla Guide
+    and shepherding it to 2.14.
+
+Terry Weissman terry@mozilla.org
+    for initially writing Bugzilla and creating the README upon
+    which the UNIX installation documentation is largely based.
+
+Tara Hernandez tara@tequilarists.org
+    for keeping Bugzilla development going strong after Terry left
+    mozilla.org and for running landfill.
+
+Dave Lawrence dkl@redhat.com
+    for providing insight into the key differences between Red
+    Hat's customized Bugzilla.
+
+Dawn Endico endico@mozilla.org
+    for being a hacker extraordinaire and putting up with Matthew's
+    incessant questions and arguments on irc.mozilla.org in #mozwebtools
+
+Jacob Steenhagen jake@bugzilla.org
+    for taking over documentation during the 2.17 development
+    period.
+
+Dave Miller justdave@bugzilla.org
+    for taking over as project lead when Tara stepped down and
+    continually pushing for the documentation to be the best it can be.
+
+Thanks also go to the following people for significant contributions
+to this documentation:
+Kevin Brannen, Vlad Dascalu, Ben FrantzDale, Eric Hanson, Zach Lipton, Gervase Markham, Andrew Pearson, Joe Robins, Spencer Smith, Ron Teitelbaum, Shane Travis, Martin Wulffeld.
+
+Also, thanks are due to the members of the
+`mozilla.support.bugzilla <news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.support.bugzilla>`_
+newsgroup (and its predecessor, netscape.public.mozilla.webtools).
+Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches,
+this could never have happened.
+
+.. _conventions:
+
+Document Conventions
+####################
+
+This document uses the following conventions:
+
+.. caution:: This is a caution. Make sure to read this to not be in trouble!
+
+.. tip:: This is a hint or tip, especially about some configuration tweaks.
+
+.. note:: This is just a note, for your information.
+
+.. warning:: This is a warning, something you should take care of.
+
+A filename or a path to a filename is displayed like this:
+:file:`/path/to/filename.ext`
+
+A command to type in the shell is displayed like this:
+:command:`command --arguments`
+
+bash$ represents a normal user's prompt under bash shell
+
+bash# represents a root user's prompt under bash shell
+
+A word which is in the glossary will appear like this:
+Bugzilla
+
+A sample of code is illustrated like this:
+
+::
+
+    First Line of Code
+    Second Line of Code
+    ...
+
+This documentation is maintained in ReStructured Text format.
+Changes are best submitted as diffs, attached
+to a bug filed in the `Bugzilla Documentation <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla;component=Documentation>`_
+component.
+