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+# CSAF Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF) Version 1.2
+
+This directory contains material which is related to CSAF Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF) Version 1.2. As CSAF CVRF 1.2 was superseeded by CSAF 2.0, the files are not longer updated.
+They may contain information that is not longer valid. They serve historic purposes.