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.

======================== 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.

======================== 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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Neither the name of the Flowing Media,Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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