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-libmapper bindings for MaxMSP and Pure Data
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+# libmapper bindings for MaxMSP and Pure Data
 
-MAXMSP and PureData objects instantiating libmapper devices. Help patches for MaxMSP and
-PureData are included for documentation.
+Max and Pure Data (Pd) objects instantiating libmapper devices. Help patches are included for documentation.
 
-The `mapper` object can be used with both MaxMSP and Pure Data - it encapsulates the
-functionality of a libmapper device and works as a central hub in your patch by sending
-and receiving labeled messages from the libmapper network.
+The `mapper` object can be used with both Max and Pd - it encapsulates the functionality of a libmapper device and works as a central hub in your patch by sending and receiving labeled messages from the libmapper network.
 
-For MaxMSP there are now another set of bindings which attempt to provide a more max-like
-interface to the libmapper ecosystem. The `map.device` object creates a libmapper device
-as before, but it communicates with an arbitrary number of `map.in` and `map.out` objects
-in your patch (and subpatchers) which can be used essentially as networked replacements
-for the internal `inlet` and `outlet` objects. Please load the help patches for more
-documentation and examples of use.
+For MaxMSP there are now another set of bindings which attempt to provide a more Max-like interface to the libmapper ecosystem. The `map.device` object creates a libmapper device as before, but it communicates with an arbitrary number of `map.in` and `map.out` objects in your patch (and subpatchers) which can be used essentially as networked replacements
+for the internal `inlet` and `outlet` objects. Please load the help patches for more documentation and examples of use.
 
-Hopefully in the near future the new bindings will also be adapted for Pure Data - for
-now Pd users are stuck with the (fully-functional) `mapper` object.
+Hopefully in the near future the new bindings will also be adapted for Pure Data - for now Pd users are stuck with the (fully-functional) `mapper` object.
 
-This software is licensed under the GNU Lesser Public General License version 2.1 or
-later; see the attached file COPYING for details, which should be included in this
-download.
+This software is licensed under the GNU Lesser Public General License version 2.1 or later; see the attached file COPYING for details, which should be included in this download.
 
-To build, you will first need to install [libmapper][1] and [liblo][2] from their
-respective repositories. An installation of liblo <= v0.26 is not sufficient, as
-libmapper depends on new functionality in the library.
+To build, you will first need to install [libmapper][1] and [liblo][2] from their respective repositories. An installation of liblo <= v0.26 is not sufficient, as libmapper depends on new functionality in the library.
 
 On OSX you can build all the binaries by running the script `package-osx.sh` from the command-line.
 
-Joseph Malloch 2011
-[Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory][3], McGill University.
+## Acknowledgements
+
+Development of this software was mainly supported by the [Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory][3] at McGill University.
 
 [1]: http://github.com/libmapper/libmapper
 [2]: http://github.com/radarsat1/liblo