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+limmto (Light Multi-Media Tool) is a low-dependency C++ library for working with digital media.
+Copyright (C) 2020 James Grogan (grogan.ox@gmail.com)
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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-# MediaTool
-Hobby project - the idea is to build a set of multimedia tools 'from scratch' in C++ for fun/practice.
+# limmto
+limmto (Light Multi-Media Tool) is a low-dependency C++ library for working with a range of digital media.
 
 ```bash
 mkdir build