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-# woomy-next
-Rewrite of Woomy's codebase, because I'm getting really sick of working on shitty two year-old code. If you aren't a developer, please switch back to the master branch!
-# notes for devs
-- please install ESLint and use the included .eslintrc.js file to have properly formatted code when you're writing Woomy
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+Woomy
+================
+
+shields go here
+
+### A feature-rich and configurable Discord bot for music, moderation, currency and more!
+
+**Links**
+* [Official bot invite](https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=435961704145485835&permissions=2134240503&scope=bot)
+* [For updates and support join my Discord server!](https://discord.gg/HCF8mdv)
+
+# Getting Started
+
+# Contributors
+
+Thanks to the following people who have contributed to Woomy:
+
+* [@mudkipscience](https://github.com/mudkipscience/) - Creator and primary developer of Womy
+* [@FLGX](https://github.com/FLGX06/) - Developer, basically wrote the entirety of the music commands and lots of other cool stuff
+* [@TheCakeChicken](https://github.com/TheCakeChicken/) - Developer
+
+And a few other people as well. Check out the [Contributors](https://github.com/mudkipscience/woomy/graphs/contributors) tab!
+
+# Legal stuff
+
+## Using our code
+If you wish to use our code in your project, please credit us! We don't mind you using Woomy's code (it is open source for a reason :P) as long as you dont blatantly copy it and/or refrain from crediting us.
+
+## License
+
+Copyright (C) 2018-2020 **Emily J. / mudkipscience**
+
+>This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+>as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 
+>                                                   
+>This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details. 
+>You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
+
+The full license can be found in the root of this repository.