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# Argonaut Blazing Render (BRender)
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This is the source code to version 1.3.2 of the BRender engine by Argonaut Software/Argonaut Games, from aproximately 1998/11/17.
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This is intended as a basic release to let others build on, and more info on how to build and use this code will be added later.
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See also [the release of a 1997 version of the BRender engine](https://github.com/foone/BRender-1997).
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## Source of this code
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This was given to Foone Turing by a programmer who wishes to remain anonymous, based on a game project that had licensed BRender for use.
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## Approval to open source this software
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Approval to open source this was given in an email from Jez San, former CEO of Argonaut.
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## Credits
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| Role | Name |
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| ------------- | ------------- |
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| Programming | `Sam Littlewood` `Dan Piponi` `Simon Everett` `Philip Pratt` |
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| Ports | `Simon Everett` `Philip Pratt` `Patrick Buckland` `Zareh Johannes` `Anthony Savva` `Stainless Software Ltd` |
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| Testing | `Philip Pratt` |
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| Project Management | `Stefano Zammattio` |
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| Technical Reference Manual | `Crosbie Fitch` `Philip Pratt` |
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| Tutorial & Installation Guides | `Robbie McQuaid` |
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| Marketing | `Paul Ayscough` `Mitra Faulkner` |
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| Sales | `Edwin Masterson` |
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| Artwork| `Michel Bowes` |
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| Technical Support | `Neela Dass` `Tony Roberts` `John Gay` `Jon Wolff` |
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| With Thanks to | `Pete Warnes` `Mike Day` `Tim Gummer` `Vinay Gupta` `Marcia Petterson` `Jez San` |
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(From the 1996 Technical Reference Manual. More names will be added if they are uncovered)
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The open sourcing of this version was done by Scott Hanselman and Foone Turing, with help from an anonymous contributor.
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## License
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This is released under the MIT license.
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Copyright (c) 1998 Argonaut Software Limited
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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SOFTWARE. |