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+# MapQuest Mapnik Style
+
+This stylesheet uses features only available in mapnik builds with libxml2 as the XML parser. 
+Furthermore, there are other features that necessitate an upgrade to at least mapnik 0.8.0
+
+TIFF files used for low-zoom levels can be downloaded from :
+http://developer.mapquest.com/content/static/geotiffs/mercator_tiffs.tar
+
+World boundary shapefiles:
+http://tile.openstreetmap.org/world_boundaries-spherical.tgz 
+http://tile.openstreetmap.org/processed_p.tar.bz2 
+http://tile.openstreetmap.org/shoreline_300.tar.bz2  
+
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-This software is distributed under the following MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2010  MapQuest
-
-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.
-
-This stylesheet uses features only available in mapnik builds with libxml2 as the XML parser. 
-Furthermore, there are other features that necessitate an upgrade to at least mapnik 0.8.0
-
-TIFF files used for low-zoom levels can be downloaded from :
-http://developer.mapquest.com/content/static/geotiffs/mercator_tiffs.tar
-
-World boundary shapefiles:
-http://tile.openstreetmap.org/world_boundaries-spherical.tgz 
-http://tile.openstreetmap.org/processed_p.tar.bz2 
-http://tile.openstreetmap.org/shoreline_300.tar.bz2  
-
-
-
-