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+MIT License
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+Copyright (c) 2022 Brett Bender
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+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+<h1 align="center">IEEEvents Bot</h1>
+<p align="center"><i>Made with :heart: by <a href="https://github.com/GreatGodApollo">@GreatGodApollo</a></i></p>
+
+A Discord bot that mirrors events from an iCal file to Discord, and allows users to browse them
+
+## Important Note
+The bot does not yet clone the events from iCal to Discord, rather it only currently implements a command to view the events. This is a limitation of using JDA 4.x instead of the newest JDA 5.x branch. Once JDA 5.x is stable, the bot will clone the events.
+
+## Built With
+
+- [sksamuel/hoplite](https://github.com/sksamuel/hoplite)
+- [ical4j/ical4j](https://github.com/ical4j/ical4j)
+- [DV8FromTheWorld/JDA](https://github.com/DV8FromTheWorld/JDA)
+- [Litote/kmongo](https://github.com/Litote/kmongo)
+- [junodevs/kriess](https://github.com/junodevs/kriess)
+- [qos-ch/logback](https://github.com/qos-ch/logback)
+- [square/okhttp](https://github.com/square/okhttp)
+- [ronmamo/reflections](https://github.com/ronmamo/reflections)
+- [snakeyaml/snakeyaml](https://github.com/snakeyaml/snakeyaml)
+
+## Usage
+### Build it!
+I use the Gradle build system, so getting all the dependencies and building the jar should be as easy as:
+
+`./gradlew clean shadowJar`
+
+### Run it!
+On the first run of `$ java -jar build/lib/IEEEventsBot*.jar` it'll automatically copy an example config.yml for you. From there, change the values to be relevant for you. After you have it fully configured, run the bot again with `java -jar build/lib/IEEEventsBot*.jar` and invite the bot to your server!
+
+### All together
+```bash
+# Build the .jar file
+$ ./gradlew clean shadowJar
+# Run the bot for the first time (will stop right away)
+# Will place a new config.yml in your directory - replace with your values
+$ java -jar build/lib/IEEEventsBot*.jar
+# Actually run the bot this time
+$ java -jar build/lib/IEEEventsBot*.jar
+```
+
+## Licensing
+
+This project is licensed under the [MIT License](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/)
+
+## Authors
+
+* [Brett Bender](https://git.brettb.xyz/apollo/)
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