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+  <h1>Gale</h1>
+  <h3>A Minecraft server fork of <a href="https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper">Paper</a></h3>
+  <h4>Under active development</h4>
+
+[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/1045402468416233592?color=5865F2&label=discord&style=for-the-badge)](https://discord.com/invite/pbsPkpUjG4)
+</div>
+
+## About
+
+Gale is a [Paper](https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper) fork.
+The current state of the project is stable, but in the initial phase of setup.
+While you can run it on your server right now, we do not claim any specific performance increase.
+
+## Building
+
+You can clone this repository and build it yourself.
+If you are interested in making a Paperweight fork, check out [the example template](https://github.com/PaperMC/paperweight-examples)!
+
+In order to distribute and use this server software, you need a Paperclip file:
+
+```bash
+./gradlew applyPatches && ./gradlew createReobfPaperclipJar
+```
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+This fork would not exist without the years-long work of all the contributors to the [Paper](https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper) and [Spigot](https://www.spigotmc.org/) projects,
+including the dedication of their community to stability and trust among all users.
+Over the years, many forks of Paper have appeared, including some that contain changes that are too minor to be worth inclusion and maintaining by the Paper project.
+We gratefully include various tested and carefully individually reviewed changes from Paper forks, including [Airplane](https://github.com/TECHNOVE/Airplane), [Mirai](https://github.com/etil2jz/Mirai), [JettPack](https://gitlab.com/Titaniumtown/JettPack), [Patina](https://github.com/PatinaMC/Patina) and [EmpireCraft](https://github.com/starlis/empirecraft).
+We would also like to thank our friends at [MultiPaper](https://github.com/MultiPaper/MultiPaper) and MCMT ([Fabric](https://github.com/himekifee/MCMTFabric), [Forge](https://github.com/jediminer543/JMT-MCMT)) for their shared knowledge and hard work towards a common goal.
+
+## License
+Paperweight files are licensed under MIT. Patches are licensed under GPL-3.0, unless indicated differently in their header.
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