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 # About
 
+To manage variations in Virtualbox protocols and language versions, 
+this project will be temporarily be managed as separate branches.
+
+This branch is an attempt to unify the various Virtualbox interface versions
+so that phpvirtualbox can operate correctly through Virtualbox versions.
+
 phpVirtualBox is from 2017 maintained by Smart Guide Pty Ltd (tudor at smartguide dot com dot au)
 
 with support from various contributors (see https://github.com/phpvirtualbox/phpvirtualbox/graphs/contributors)