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README

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+Mako is licensed under an MIT-style license (see LICENSE).
+Other incorporated projects may be licensed under different licenses.
+All licenses allow for non-commercial and commercial use.
+
+To install:
+
+	python setup.py install
+
+SVN checkouts also inlcude setup.cfg file allowing setuptools to create 
+an svn-tagged build.  
+
+Documentation is available in HTML format in the ./doc/ directory.
+
+Running unittests:
+
+        python test/alltests.py
+
+good luck !
+