README

  Avogadro is an advanced molecular editor designed for cross-platform use 
in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials 
science, and related areas. It offers flexible rendering and a powerful 
plugin architecture.

* Cross-Platform: Molecular builder/editor for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
* Free, Open Source: Easy to install and all source code is available under 
  the GNU GPL.
* International: Translations into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, 
  and Spanish, with more languages to come.
* Intuitive: Built to work easily for students and advanced researchers both.
* Fast: Supports multi-threaded rendering and computation.
* Extensible: Plugin architecture for developers, including rendering, 
  interactive tools, commands, and Python scripts.
* Flexible: Features include Open Babel import of chemical files, input 
  generation for multiple computational chemistry packages, crystallography, 
  and biomolecules.

  For more information, see <http://avogadro.cc/>

  Avogadro is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  Avogadro 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 General Public License for more details.

  See INSTALL file for installation instructions.