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 HexChat README
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  X-Chat ("xchat") Copyright (c) 1998-2010 By Peter Zelezny.
+ HexChat ("hexchat") Copyright (c) 2009-2012 By Berke Viktor.
 
  This program is released under the GPL v2 with the additional exemption
  that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed. You may