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-Copyright (©) 2010-2012, 2014, 2015 EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
-Laboratory (LSMS - Laboratoire de Simulation en Mécanique des Solides)
-
-Akantu is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-Akantu 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-along with Akantu. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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 COMPILATION
 
 There are two ways to compile Akantu.
 
 1. You can compile it directly using cmake
 
  > mkdir build
  > cd build
  > ccmake ..
  > make
 
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 CONTACTS
 
  If you need some help to use Akantu you can contact use akantu@akantu.ch
 
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-AUTHORS
-
- - Nicolas Richart <nicolas.richart@epfl.ch>
- - Guillaume Anciaux <guillaume.anciaux@epfl.ch>
- - Jean-François Molinari <jean-francois.molinari@epfl.ch>
- - Alejandro M. Aragón <alejandro.aragon@epfl.ch>
- - Alodie Schneuwly <alodie.schneuwly@epfl.ch>
- - Aranda Ruiz Josue <josue.arandaruiz@epfl.ch>
- - Aurelia Isabel Cuba Ramos <aurelia.cubaramos@epfl.ch>
- - Benjamin Paccaud <benjamin.paccaud@epfl.ch>
- - Clement Roux <clement.roux@epfl.ch>
- - Cyprien Wolff <cyprien.wolff@epfl.ch>
- - Damien Scantamburlo <damien.scantamburlo@epfl.ch>
- - Damien Spielmann <damien.spielmann@epfl.ch>
- - Dana Christen <dana.christen@gmail.com>
- - Daniel Pino Muñoz <daniel.pinomunoz@epfl.ch>
- - David Simon Kammer <david.kammer@epfl.ch>
- - Fabian Barras <fabian.barras@epfl.ch>
- - Jaehyun Cho <jaehyun.cho@epfl.ch>
- - Jean-François Jerier <jean-francois.jerier@epfl.ch>
- - Leonardo Snozzi <leonardo.snozzi@epfl.ch>
- - Lucas Frerot <lucas.frerot@epfl.ch>
- - Marco Vocialta <marco.vocialta@epfl.ch>
- - Marion Estelle Chambart <marion.chambart@epfl.ch>
- - Mathilde Radiguet <mathilde.radiguet@epfl.ch>
- - Mauro Corrado <mauro.corrado@epfl.ch>
- - Nicholas Molyneaux <nicholas.molyneaux@epfl.ch>
- - Okan Yilmaz <okan.yilmaz@epfl.ch>
- - Pedro Romero <pedro.romero@epfl.ch>
- - Peter Spijker <peter.spijker@epfl.ch>
- - Ramin Aghababaei <ramin.aghababaei@epfl.ch>
- - Rui Wang <rui.wang@epfl.ch>
- - Sacha Laffely <sacha.laffely@epfl.ch>
- - Seyedeh Mohadeseh Taheri Mousavi <mohadeseh.taherimousavi@epfl.ch>
- - Srinivasa Babu Ramisetti <srinivasa.ramisetti@epfl.ch>
- - Sébastien Hartmann <sebastien.hartmann@epfl.ch>
- - Thomas Menouillard <tmenouillard@stucky.ch>
- - Till Junge <till.junge@epfl.ch>
- - Vladislav Yastrebov <vladislav.yastrebov@epfl.ch>