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Welcome to Kivy
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Welcome to Kivy's documentation. Kivy is an open source software library for rapid
development of applications equipped with novel user interfaces, such as
Welcome to Kivy's documentation. Kivy is an open source software library for the
rapid development of applications equipped with novel user interfaces, such as
multi-touch apps.
We recommend that you get started with :doc:`/gettingstarted/index`. Then head
over to the :ref:`guide-index`. We also have a :ref:`quickstart` if you are impatient.
over to the :ref:`guide-index`. We also have a :ref:`quickstart` if you are
impatient.
You are probably wondering why you should be interested in using Kivy. There is
a document outlining our :ref:`philosophy` that we encourage you to read, and a
a document outlining our :ref:`philosophy` that we encourage you to read, and a
detailed :ref:`architecture`.
If you want to contribute to Kivy, make sure to read :ref:`contributing`. If your
concern isn't addressed in the documentation, feel free to :ref:`contact`.
If you want to contribute to Kivy, make sure to read :ref:`contributing`. If
your concern isn't addressed in the documentation, feel free to :ref:`contact`.
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An online version of the license can be found at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
In a nutshell the license allows you to use Kivy in your own projects,
In a nutshell, the license allows you to use Kivy in your own projects
regardless of whether they are open source, closed source, commercial or free.
The one thing the license does enforce is that if you make changes to the
Kivy sourcecode **itself**, you have to share those changes with us.