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diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README
index db72adb..fc47673 100644
--- a/tests/star/README
+++ b/tests/star/README
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 This directory contains scripts for testing GNU tar using
-star "test archives". The archives themselves may be obtained
-from http://download.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts.
+star "test archives". The archives themselves can be obtained
+from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts.
 
-The tests are ignored unless environment variable STAR_TESTSCRIPTS
-is set and points to the directory where the test archives reside.
-Sample usage:
+These tests are disabled by default. There are two ways to run
+them.  The simplest is by 'make check-full' command.  It requires wget
+and GNU md5sum to be installed. If you don't have these utilities,
+download the test archives manually and set the environment variable
+STAR_TESTSCRIPTS to point to the directory where they reside, for
+example:
 
 	make STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir check
-or	
+or
 	make TESTS_ENVIRONMENT='STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir' check
 
-The file `quicktest.sh' is a separate test. It is never executed
-within `make check' command, you will need to run it manually.
-Please, carefully read section `quicktest.sh' below before running
+The file 'quicktest.sh' is a separate test. It is never executed
+within 'make check' command, you will need to run it manually.
+Please, carefully read section 'quicktest.sh' below before running
 it.
-	
+
 Following is a short description of the tests:
 
 * gtarfail.at and gtarfail2.at
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ by previous versions of GNU tar.
 
 Requires gnu-multi-fail-volume1.gtar and gnu-multi-fail-volume2.gtar.
 These are two parts of a multi-volume archive that previous versions
-of tar refused to read (at least, without -B option). 
+of tar refused to read (at least, without -B option).
 
 * ustar-big-2g.at
 
@@ -49,18 +52,38 @@ containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB).
 
 This is a test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. It
 requires two files: ustar-all-quicktest.tar and quicktest.filelist,
-(they usually reside in star/tartest directory), and `tartest' program
+(they usually reside in star/testscripts directory), and 'tartest' program
 (also part of star distribution). The test must be run only with root
-privileges, so it is a good idea to test contents of
+privileges, so it is a good idea to verify the contents of
 ustar-all-quicktest.tar before running it.
 
-If `tartest' is not in your PATH, use TARTEST variable to specify its
+If 'tartest' is not in your PATH, use TARTEST variable to specify its
 full file name. You may pass both STAR_TESTSCRIPTS and TARTEST
 variables as command line arguments to quicktest.sh, as shown in
 the example below:
 
   ./quicktest.sh STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir TARTEST=/path/to/tartest
 
+
+* Copying
+
+Copyright 2004, 2006-2008, 2010, 2012-2014 Free Software Foundation,
+Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU tar.
+
+GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
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