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+## Inside Job
+
+### A Minecraft Alpha Inventory Editor for Mac OS X
+
+Inside Job was written in Cocoa in early October 2010 by [Adam Preble](http://adampreble.net).
+
+### System Requirements
+
+Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard.
+
+### Instructions
+
+Inside Job operates on Minecraft's level.dat files, located in _~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves/World*_.
+
+
+
+### License
+
+Inside Job is made available under the [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html):
+
+	Copyright (c) 2010 Adam Preble
+
+	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+	of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+	in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+	to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+	copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+	furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+	all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+	IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+	FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+	AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+	LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+	OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+	THE SOFTWARE.