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-General Purpose 2D Collision Detection System
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-Documentation and examples here:
-http://hc.readthedocs.org/
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+# This repository is no longer maintained
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+If you do maintain an active fork, please open a PR to add it to this readme.
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+All other issues reports and pull requests will not be attended.
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+## General Purpose 2D Collision Detection System
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+Documentation and examples here: http://hc.readthedocs.org/