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 <H1>Grammatical Framework</H1>
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 Version 3.1
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 December 2009
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+<p>15 December 2009:
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+  <li><strong>GF version 3.1 released</strong>.
+    See the <a href="download/index.html">Download</a> page.
+  <li>There is now a
+    <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gf-dev">GF Google Group</a>
+    where developers and users can discuss GF.
+  <li>There is now a
+    <a href="http://code.google.com/p/grammatical-framework/">GF Project page on
+      Google Code</a>, with a bug tracker among other things.
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+
 <H2>What is GF</H2>
 <P>
 GF, Grammatical Framework, is a programming language for 
