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Philosophy
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Storytelling
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Betty builds sites that tell a story. Raw family data is visualized in different, sometimes interactive ways.
Additional information is added automatically from a variety of third-party sources, augmenting your family trees
with further encyclopedic information, imagery, and maps.

Simplicity
^^^^^^^^^^
Anyone should be able to generate a site and view it. We aim for Betty to be simple to use, out of the box, for everyone.

Speed
^^^^^
Betty sites are fast. Faster than most other sites we use on a daily basis.

Security and maintenance
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A Betty site is secure and requires almost no maintenance.

.. important::
This is about generated sites. You are still advised to install updates to your installation of Betty when they become available.
Name
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Betty was named after `Liberta "Betty" Lankester <https://ancestry.bartfeenstra.com/en/person/I0004/>`_, grandmother
to the original project author.

What is Betty not?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Betty does not help you gather or manage the data for your family history. For that purpose, use a product such as
`Gramps <https://gramps-project.org>`_, or a service like `Ancestry.com <https://www.ancestry.com>`_.

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Copyright & license
===================
Betty is copyright Bart Feenstra and contributors, and released under the **GPL**. This means that
Betty is copyright Bart Feenstra and `contributors <https://github.com/bartfeenstra/betty/graphs/contributors>`_, and
released under the **GPL**. This means that

- You may use Betty at no charge
- You may use Betty for commercial purposes
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