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+The MIT License (MIT)
+=====================
+
+Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Michael Zhang
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without
+restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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-Asciinema
-=========
+# Liveterm
 
-Asciinema is a terminal recorder and playback utility. The official website is [here][1]. This repository implements an alternate client that is compatible as an exercise for learning about pseudoterminals and terminfo.
+Liveterm is a terminal streaming utility based on work I did trying to write an
+[asciinema][1] clone.
 
-Contact
--------
+## Contact
 
 License: MIT
 
 Author: Michael Zhang
 
-[1]: https://asciinema.org/
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+[1]: https://asciinema.org/