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 # publicsuffix - Public Suffix Checking [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.chrisdavenport/publicsuffix_2.13/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.chrisdavenport/publicsuffix_2.13) ![Code of Conduct](https://img.shields.io/badge/Code%20of%20Conduct-Scala-blue.svg)
 
+>  A "public suffix" is one under which Internet users can (or historically could) directly register names. Some examples of public suffixes are .com, .co.uk and pvt.k12.ma.us. The Public Suffix List is a list of all known public suffixes.
+> The Public Suffix List is an initiative of Mozilla, but is maintained as a community resource. It is available for use in any software, but was originally created to meet the needs of browser manufacturers. It allows browsers to, for example:
+> - Avoid privacy-damaging "supercookies" being set for high-level domain name suffixes
+> - Highlight the most important part of a domain name in the user interface
+> - Accurately sort history entries by site
+
+More complete documentation of the larger initiative can be found at [publicsuffix.org](https://publicsuffix.org/)
+
 ## [Head on over to the microsite](https://davenverse.github.io/publicsuffix)
 
 ## Quick Start
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 # publicsuffix - Public Suffix Checking [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.chrisdavenport/publicsuffix_2.13/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.chrisdavenport/publicsuffix_2.13)
 
+>  A "public suffix" is one under which Internet users can (or historically could) directly register names. Some examples of public suffixes are .com, .co.uk and pvt.k12.ma.us. The Public Suffix List is a list of all known public suffixes.
+> The Public Suffix List is an initiative of Mozilla, but is maintained as a community resource. It is available for use in any software, but was originally created to meet the needs of browser manufacturers. It allows browsers to, for example:
+> - Avoid privacy-damaging "supercookies" being set for high-level domain name suffixes
+> - Highlight the most important part of a domain name in the user interface
+> - Accurately sort history entries by site
+
+More complete documentation of the larger initiative can be found at [publicsuffix.org](https://publicsuffix.org/)
+
 ## Quick Start
 
 To use publicsuffix in an existing SBT project with Scala 2.13 or a later version, add the following dependencies to your