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## PLEASE CITE US!
If you use ESPResSo and obtain scientific results that you publish, we
-would ask you to acknowledge the usage of ESPResSo by referencing
-
- Hans-Jörg Limbach, Axel Arnold, Bernward A. Mann and Christian
- Holm.
- "ESPResSo - An Extensible Simulation Package for Research on
- Soft Matter Systems".
- Comput. Phys. Commun. 174(9) (704-727), 2006.
-
-For a BibTeX record, please refer to the key "espresso" in
-doc/ug/citations.bib.
+would ask you to acknowledge the usage of ESPResSo by citing the relevant papers:
+http://espressomd.org/wordpress/about/please-cite-us/
A number of algorithms in ESPResSo are fairly advanced and unique to
ESPResSo. The authors of these contributions kindly ask you to cite the
-relevant publications, as indicated in the ESPResSo User's Guide
-(see http://espressomd.org or doc/ug/ug.pdf). For your convenience, the
-BibTeX records are compiled in doc/ug/citations.bib.
-
-## Licence
-
-The following files are licensed and copyrighted as indicated below:
-
-```
-doc/dg/figs/bond_angle.fig
-doc/dg/figs/datastorage.gif
-doc/dg/figs/dihedral_angle.fig
-doc/dg/figs/directions.fig
-doc/dg/figs/elc_errordist.gif
-doc/dg/figs/ghost_cells.fig
-doc/dg/figs/ghost_communication.fig
-doc/dg/figs/linked_cells.fig
-doc/dg/figs/logo.png
-doc/dg/figs/move_to_p_buf.fig
-doc/dg/figs/particles.fig
-doc/ug/figures/diamond.png
-doc/ug/figures/dihedral-angle.fig
-doc/ug/figures/dihedral-angle.pdf
-doc/ug/figures/fullerene.png
-doc/ug/figures/hbond.fig
-doc/ug/figures/hbond.pdf
-doc/ug/figures/logo.png
-doc/ug/figures/maggs-charge-assignment.pdf
-doc/ug/figures/maggs-initial-scheme.pdf
-doc/ug/figures/maggs-rotation.pdf
-doc/ug/figures/nacl-rdf.pdf
-doc/ug/figures/salt.png
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/data/neutral-rho.data
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/data/nonneutral-rho.data
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/data/rdf_from_melt_00.data
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/data/rdf_from_melt_10.data
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/data/rdf_from_melt_11.data
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/data/rdf_lj_00.data
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/nacl-rdf.pdf
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/nacl.plot
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/neutral-rho.pdf
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/nonneutral-rho.pdf
-doc/tutorials/tut2/figures/salt.png
-packages/mbtools/doc/colloid_model.jpg
-packages/mbtools/doc/cylinder_membrane.jpg
-packages/mbtools/doc/flat_membrane.jpg
-packages/mbtools/doc/protein_model.jpg
-packages/mbtools/doc/sphere_membrane.jpg
-packages/mbtools/doc/torus_membrane.jpg
-packages/mbtools/doc/wrapped_colloid_densitymap.jpg
-packages/mbtools/examples/forcetables/9_095_11.tab
-packages/mbtools/examples/forcetables/n9_c140_22.tab
-packages/mbtools/examples/forcetables/n9_c160_22.tab
-packages/mbtools/examples/forcetables/sr_e10_c25.tab
-samples/adress/bond_tetra.tab
-samples/adress/cg_ic_tetra.tab
-samples/adress/cg_tetra.tab
-samples/adress/thermo_force.tab
-samples/maggs_correct_rdf.dat
-samples/object-in-fluid/object-in-fluidUG/figures/arealocal.eps
-samples/object-in-fluid/object-in-fluidUG/figures/bending.eps
-samples/object-in-fluid/object-in-fluidUG/figures/bloodCell.eps
-samples/object-in-fluid/object-in-fluidUG/figures/stretching.eps
-samples/object-in-fluid/object-in-fluidUG/figures/volume.eps
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.00.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.01.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.02.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.03.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.04.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.05.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.06.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.07.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.08.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.09.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.10.gz
-testsuite/analysis_system.data.chk
-testsuite/angle_cosine.data
-testsuite/angle_cossquare.data
-testsuite/angle_harmonic.data
-testsuite/comfixed_system.data
-testsuite/comforce_system.data
-testsuite/constraints_system.data
-testsuite/dh_system.data
-testsuite/el2d_system.data
-testsuite/el2d_system_die.data
-testsuite/gb_system.data
-testsuite/lb_system.data
-testsuite/lj-cos_system.data
-testsuite/lj_system.data
-testsuite/maggs_correct_rdf.data
-testsuite/mass_system.data
-testsuite/mdlc_expected_energy.data
-testsuite/mdlc_expected_force_torque.data
-testsuite/mdlc_system.data
-testsuite/mmm1d_system.data
-testsuite/npt_lj_system.data
-testsuite/object_in_fluid_system-final.data
-testsuite/object_in_fluid_system-init.data
-testsuite/object_in_fluid_system-nodes.data
-testsuite/object_in_fluid_system-triangles.data
-testsuite/p3m_magnetostatics2_expected.data
-testsuite/p3m_magnetostatics2_system.data
-testsuite/p3m_magnetostatics.data
-testsuite/p3m_system.data
-testsuite/p3m_wall_system.data
-testsuite/pe_micelle.data
-testsuite/tabulated_system.data
-testsuite/thermostat.data
-testsuite/thermostat_rot.data
-```
-
-> "Copyright (C) 2010-2018 The ESPResSo project
-> Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010
-> Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Theory Group
->
-> This file is part of ESPResSo.
->
-> ESPResSo 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 3 of the License, or (at your
-> option) any later version.
->
-> ESPResSo 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.
->
-> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-> along with this program. If not, see ."
-
-This file is licensed as follows:
-
-> Copyright (C) 2010-2018 The ESPResSo project
->
-> Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-> are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
-> notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
->without any warranty.
+relevant publications, as indicated in the ESPResSo User's Guide.
+
+## License
+
+Copyright (C) 2010-2018 The ESPResSo project
+Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010
+Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Theory Group
+
+This file is part of ESPResSo.
+
+ESPResSo 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 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+ESPResSo 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.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see .
+