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+# About the IOCCC winner GitHub repository
+The <A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/index.html">IOCCC winners GitHub repository</A>
+are the official winners of the International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC),
+the Internet's oldest on-going contest.
+
+For information about the IOCCC, see the <A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/index.html#goals">goals
+of the contest</A>.
+
+We, the <A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/judges.html">IOCCC Judges</A>, recommend that you view
+this information vias the
+<A HREF="https://www.ioccc.org/index.html">Official IOCCC web site</A>.