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-# License File
+License
+=======
+
+Pythonic framework for the digital analysis of pharmaceutical processes: PharmaPy
+Copyright (c) 2021, by the software owners: Purdue University.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. 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.
+
+3. Neither the name PharmaPy, Purdue University, nor the names of its contributors 
+may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
+prior written permission.
+
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
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+
+You are under no obligation whatsoever to provide any bug fixes, patches, or
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+grant Purdue Univeristy the following license: a  non-exclusive, royalty-free 
+perpetual license to install, use, modify, prepare derivative works, incorporate 
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 # PharmaPy
+
+PharmaPy is a pythonic library for the analysis of pharmaceutical manufacturing systems.\
+
+It allows to simulate the dynamics of standalone, drug substance unit operations in a variety of operating modes (batch, continuous, semibatch). Also, PharmaPy facilitates setting up and simulating pharmaceutical **flowsheets**, i.e., interconnected unit operations in a variety of operation modes, ranging from end-to-end batch, end-to-end continuous, and hybrid operation (combination of batch and/or continuous and semicontinuous unit operations).
+
+## Getting started
+Read our [link to documentation page] for more information on how to install and use PharmaPy.
+
+To install PharmaPy, download and unzip the code from this page, and then follow the instructions on the `install_instructions.txt` file.
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