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+# Tortuga Documentation
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+Tortuga is released under the [zlib license](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlib_License).  
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+Copyright (c) 2013 Kayne Ruse
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+This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
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+Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
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+   1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
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+   2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
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+   3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.