* Main description of the project  

  soRvi is an algorithmic toolkit for Open Data in Finland,
  implemented in R open source statistical environment. The package
  provides convenient access to Finnish open data resources. The tools
  include functions for fetching, preprocessing, localization,
  analysis, integration and visualization of central governmental and
  other data resources. 

  For further details (in Finnish), see the project homepage:
  http://sorvi.r-forge.r-project.org


* Developers

  Main developers: Leo Lahti, Juuso Parkkinen and Joona Lehtomäki
  
  In addition, a number of people have contributed to the project in
  open data meetups, Apps4Finland competition, workshops, and through
  the project blog (http://louhos.wordpress.com). Thanks for all
  contributors!


* Contact info
  
  Homepage: http://sorvi.r-forge.r-project.org

  Blog: http://louhos.wordpress.com

  Public project email: sorvi-commits@lists.r-forge.r-project.org

  Private admin email:  sorvi-admin@lists.r-forge.r-project.org  

  IRC channel: !louhos @ IRCnet
    

* License
  
  This program is open source software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the FreeBSD License
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses):

  Copyright 2011 Leo Lahti, Juuso Parkkinen and Joona Lehtomäki.  All
  rights reserved.

  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
  are met:

  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
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     distribution.

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