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-gCube System - License
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-
-${gcube.license}
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-The gCube System - ${name}
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-${description}
- 
- 
-${gcube.description}
- 
-${gcube.funding}
- 
- 
-Version
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-${version} (${buildDate})
- 
-Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
- 
- 
-Authors
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- 
-* Fabio Simeoni (fabio.simeoni@fao.org), FAO of the UN, Italy
-* Luca Frosini (luca.frosini@isti.cnr.it), CNR, Italy
-* Lucio Lelii (lucio.lelii@isti.cnr.it), CNT, Italy
- 
- 
-Maintainers
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- 
-* Luca Frosini (luca.frosini@isti.cnr.it), CNR, Italy
-* Lucio Lelii (lucio.lelii@isti.cnr.it), CNT, Italy
- 
- 
-Download information
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- 
-Source code is available from SVN: 
-    ${scm.url}
- 
-Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: 
-   ${gcube.website}
- 
- 
-Installation
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- 
-Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
-    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Smartgears
- 
- 
-Documentation 
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- 
-Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
-    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Smartgears
- 
- 
-Support 
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- 
-Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
-    ${gcube.issueTracking}
- 
- 
-Licensing
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- 
-This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
-