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    eXe: The eLearning XHML editor
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$Revision$
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Copyright 2004-2005, University of Auckland
Copyright 2004-2007 eXe Project, New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission
All rights reserved, see COPYING for details.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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SUPPORT
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If you have any problems or have any feedback please report them at
https://eduforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=298 or email
exe@exelearning.org


KNOWN BUGS
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See http://exelearning.org/projects/exe1 for the eXe issue list.


WINDOWS
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INSTALLATION
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- Download eXe-install-X.YY.exe, double click it to launch the installer,
  and then follow the instructions. 
- You will be asked what directory to install eXe in.  The default will
  normally be fine.  (You should always use the same directory when
  installing a new version of eXe.)
- The installer will create an eXe icon on the desktop and a menu-item under
  "All Programs".

RUNNING
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Double click on the shortcut on the desktop to launch eXe.

To close eXe you must use the File... Quit menu item.  Do not simply try
to close the eXe display window with the window close button.  Remember to
save your content before exiting.

The first time you run you may get asked if you want to allow eXe
to access the Internet.  eXe does NOT require access to the Internet.
With the XP firewall you can just select the option to block its access.
With the McAfee firewall you will need to allow access.


MAC OSX
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To install eXe, simply drag the app to your Applications folder.


FEDORA LINUX 
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The eXe Fedora Linux install consists of a single RPM.  There are separate
RPMs for Fedora Core 6 (Python 2.4) and Fedora 7 (Python 2.5).  Each of
these RPMs requires python-zope-interface (version 3.0.1 or newer) and
python imaging (version 1.1.5 or newer).
These RPMs might work on other RPM based Linux distributions, but that
hasn't been tested.

From the command line type exe to start.  If you are using a standard
window manager, you should find an eXe entry in your Accessories menu.


UBUNTU LINUX 
============

There are separate DPKGs for Dapper/Edgy (Python 2.4) and Feisty (Python
2.5).

From the command line type exe to start.


BUILDING FROM SOURCE
====================

Please see http://eXeLearning.org/BuildingFromSource for information
on obtaining and building eXe and its dependencies.


CREDITS
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* Secret Labs AB and Fredrik Lundh for The Python Imaging Library (PIL) 

The Python Imaging Library (PIL) is

    Copyright 1997-2005 by Secret Labs AB
    Copyright 1995-2005 by Fredrik Lundh

By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its associated documentation, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with the following terms and conditions:

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its associated documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies, and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of Secret Labs AB or the author not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.

SECRET LABS AB AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL SECRET LABS AB OR THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.


 * CTC for APIWrapper.js and SCOFunctions.js

Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) grants you ("Licensee") a non-
exclusive, royalty free, license to use, modify and redistribute this
software in source and binary code form, provided that i) this copyright
notice and license appear on all copies of the software; and ii) Licensee does
not utilize the software in a manner which is disparaging to CTC.

This software is provided "AS IS," without a warranty of any kind.  ALL
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-
INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.  CTC AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR
DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.  IN NO EVENT WILL CTC  OR ITS
LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFIT OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER
CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF
OR INABILITY TO USE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF CTC  HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 * Mozilla for XUL and the XPFE

Version: NPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1

The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/

Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
License.

The Original Code is mozilla.org code.

The Initial Developer of the Original Code is 
Netscape Communications Corporation.
Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998
the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.

 * Fabricio Zuardi for XSPF Web Music Player mp3 player

Music Player is Open Source Software, licensed under the BSD and can be used 
and modified by anyone, including for commercial purposes.

XSPF Web Music Player is a flash-based web application that uses xspf playlist
format to play mp3 songs. XSPF is the XML Shareable Playlist Format. The 
software is written in Actionscript 2.

For more information on XSPF, see: http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/

 * Anssi Piirainen for FlowPlayer FLV video player

FlowPlayer is a free Flash video player. 
License: Apache License V2.0 

For more information on FlowPlayer, see: http://flowplayer.org/

 * John Forkosh Associates, Inc. for mimeTeX 

mimeTeX is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

The complete source code is available from http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.zip

Contributor(s):

Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or 
the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
use your version of this file under the terms of the NPL, indicate your
decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
the terms of any one of the NPL, the GPL or the LGPL.

 * Mark Pilgrim for Universal Feed Parser

Copyright (c) 2002-2006, Mark Pilgrim, All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

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AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

 * iPod is a trademark of Apple Inc.

 * Wingware generously donated licenses for the Wing Python IDE to developers working on eXe.