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 # Scour
 
+**IMPORTANT: The main development repository for the Scour project has been moved to [Inkscape/GitLab](https://gitlab.com/inkscape/extras/scour). Please see the discussion and original maintainers agreements on [this issue](https://github.com/scour-project/scour/issues/321).**
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