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+The MIT License (MIT)
+=====================
+
+Copyright © `2019` `Ryan Kes <alrayyes at gmail dot com>`
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+# My Slock Build
+
+[Slock](https://tools.suckless.org/slock/) [Arch](https://www.archlinux.org/) package with a few patches installed to keep things nice:
+
++ [systray](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/systray/)
++ [noborder](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/noborder/)
++ [attachaside](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/attachaside)
++ [autostart](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/autostart/)
++ [cyclelayouts](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/cyclelayouts/)
++ [gridmode](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/gridmode/)
++ [selfrestart](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/selfrestart/)
++ [hide_vacant_tags](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/hide_vacant_tags/)
++ [statuscolors](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/statuscolors/)
++ [fancybar](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/fancybar/)
++ [scratchpad](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/scratchpad/)
++ [alpha](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/alpha/)
+
+## Installation
+
+```
+makepkg -si
+```
+
+## Further Notes
+
+* On my laptop slock is wonky. Switched to [i3lock](https://i3wm.org/i3lock/) until this project gets some love.
+
+## License
+
+This theme is released under the MIT License. For more information read the [license][license].
+
+[license]: https://github.com/alrayyes/slock/blob/master/LICENSE.md