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Welcome to Kivy
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===============
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Welcome to Kivy's documentation. Kivy is an open source software library for the
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rapid development of applications equipped with novel user interfaces, such as
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multi-touch apps.
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We recommend that you get started with :doc:`/gettingstarted/index`. Then head
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over to the :ref:`guide-index`. We also have :ref:`quickstart` if you are
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impatient.
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You are probably wondering why you should be interested in using Kivy. There is
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a document outlining our :ref:`philosophy` that we encourage you to read, and a
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detailed :ref:`architecture`.
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If you want to contribute to Kivy, make sure to read :ref:`contributing`. If
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your concern isn't addressed in the documentation, feel free to :ref:`contact`.
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.. include:: contents.rst.inc
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Appendix
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========
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The appendix contains licensing information and an enumeration of all the
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different modules, classes, functions and variables available in Kivy.
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License
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-------
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Kivy is released under the terms of the GNU LGPL Version 3.
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You should have received a copy of the LGPL alongside your Kivy
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distribution. See the file COPYING in the Kivy root folder.
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An online version of the license can be found at
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt.
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In a nutshell, the license allows you to use Kivy in your own projects
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regardless of whether they are open source, closed source, commercial or free.
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The one thing the license does enforce is that if you make changes to the
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Kivy sourcecode **itself**, you have to share those changes with us.
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For a more thorough legal explanation of the terms and conditions, please
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refer to the documents listed above.
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For a list of authors, please see the file AUTHORS that accompanies the
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Kivy source code distribution (next to COPYING).
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Kivy -- Copyright 2011-2013, The Kivy Authors. All rights reserved.
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