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-OpenRocket - an Open Source model rocket simulator
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-Copyright (C) 2007-2013  Sampo Niskanen and others
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-For license information see the file LICENSE.TXT.
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-For more information see http://openrocket.sourceforge.net/
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-To start the software run the class 
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-    net.sf.openrocket.startup.Startup
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-or from the JAR file run
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-    $ java -jar OpenRocket-<VERSION>.jar
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-Contributions have been made by:
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-Sampo Niskanen, main developer
-Doug Pedrick, support for RockSim designs, printing
-Kevin Ruland, Android version
-Bill Kuker, 3D visualization
-Richard Graham, geodetic computations
-Jason Blood, freeform fin set import
-Boris du Reau, internationalization
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-Translations contributed by:
-Tripoli France
-Tripoli Spain
-Stefan Lobas / ERIG
-Mauro Biasutti
-Sky Dart Team
-Vladimir Beran
-Polish Rocketry Society / Łukasz & Alex Kazanski
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