readme.txt

TIMEFLOW ALPHA RELEASE

Welcome to the alpha release of TimeFlow, 
an analytical timeline application.

If you just want to install and use TimeFlow, please see:
http://wiki.github.com/FlowingMedia/TimeFlow/
which contains links to documentation and important
license information.

If you're interested in helping with development, see the Github developer
guide, linked from the URL above.

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CREDITS

TimeFlow was created by: 
Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg (Flowing Media, Inc.) and 
Sarah Cohen (Duke University). The initial development was sponsored by 
Duke University's DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy.

For the example timelines distributed with the software, 
use the "Notes" tab to view full credit and source information.

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LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2010, Flowing Media, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, 
with or without modification, 
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

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