From f201b8e69ff077f054a2905bf5b35e9e26cc5a48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido Draheim Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:47:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] as README.MD --- README | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.MD | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 2 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc6cd58 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +PROJECT + The zziplib provides read access to zipped files in a zip-archive, + using compression based solely on free algorithms provided by zlib. + It also provides a functionality to overlay the archive filesystem + with the filesystem of the operating system environment. + +AUTHOR + The project was originally written by Tomi Ollila, later largely + rewritten by Guido Draheim, and extended with contributions in + the years to follow. Guido Draheim holds the full + copyright to the zziplib sources. + +COPYING + The zziplib may be used freely under the restrictions of the + GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 or later. Alternatively + the Mozilla Public license can be chosen. The sources are under + a dual license, as long as the MPL hint is not removed, the modified + files will be again under a dual license for the final recipient. + +LICENSING + If you can not use a dynalinked library according to LGPL rules, + then look at docs/copying.htm for a few hints. Generally the LGPL + has a way for staticlinking as well as the MPL has a way. Anyway, + special (paid) licenses can be negotiated with the copyright holder. + +HOMEPAGE + The zziplib project has moved to GitHub where you can find the + last release tags now => https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib + The zziplib project was originally hosted at SourceForge with + the documentation at http://zziplib.sf.net - this is a bit + outdated but the API has not changed much since then. To get + the latest release announcements, watch the GitHub project. + +INSTALLATION + The zziplib sources are built with gnu autotools and they should + be easy to install on unixish systems via the usual sequence of + `configure && make && make check && make install`. Many distributors + ship prebuilt packages e.g. in rpm format. Additionally there are + MSVC project files shipped along for usage with the Microsoft + VisualC series of compilers. There should be no problem either + when crosscompiling the zziplib for a third host platform. + +MAINTENANCE + The zziplib library is intentionally a lightweight interface to + zip files. The author take patches but please consider to put + complex extensions into separate modules rather than implanting them + right into the core of the library engine. All Patches and Bug Reports + should be sent to Guido Draheim . diff --git a/README.MD b/README.MD index 00386fc..bbd02ec 100644 --- a/README.MD +++ b/README.MD @@ -2,56 +2,56 @@ PROJECT - The zziplib provides read access to zipped files in a zip-archive, - using compression based solely on free algorithms provided by zlib. - It also provides a functionality to overlay the archive filesystem - with the filesystem of the operating system environment. + The zziplib provides read access to zipped files in a zip-archive, ... + using compression based solely on free algorithms provided by zlib. ... + It also provides a functionality to overlay the archive filesystem ... + with the filesystem of the operating system environment. AUTHOR - The project was originally written by Tomi Ollila, later largely - rewritten by Guido Draheim, and extended with contributions in - the years to follow. Guido Draheim holds the full - copyright to the zziplib sources. + The project was originally written by Tomi Ollila, later largely ... + rewritten by Guido Draheim, and extended with contributions in ... + the years to follow. Guido Draheim holds the full ... + copyright to the zziplib sources. COPYING - The zziplib may be used freely under the restrictions of the - GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 or later. Alternatively - the Mozilla Public license can be chosen. The sources are under - a dual license, as long as the MPL hint is not removed, the modified - files will be again under a dual license for the final recipient. + The zziplib may be used freely under the restrictions of the ... + GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 or later. Alternatively ... + the Mozilla Public license can be chosen. The sources are under ... + a dual license, as long as the MPL hint is not removed, the modified ... + files will be again under a dual license for the final recipient. LICENSING - If you can not use a dynalinked library according to LGPL rules, - then look at docs/copying.htm for a few hints. Generally the LGPL - has a way for staticlinking as well as the MPL has a way. Anyway, - special (paid) licenses can be negotiated with the copyright holder. + If you can not use a dynalinked library according to LGPL rules, ... + then look at docs/copying.htm for a few hints. Generally the LGPL ... + has a way for staticlinking as well as the MPL has a way. Anyway, ... + special (paid) licenses can be negotiated with the copyright holder. ... HOMEPAGE - The zziplib project has moved to GitHub where you can find the - last release tags now => https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib - The zziplib project was originally hosted at SourceForge with - the documentation at http://zziplib.sf.net - this is a bit - outdated but the API has not changed much since then. To get - the latest release announcements, watch the GitHub project. + The zziplib project has moved to GitHub where you can find the ... + Last release tags now => https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib ... + The zziplib project was originally hosted at SourceForge with ... + the documentation at http://zziplib.sf.net - this is a bit ... + outdated but the API has not changed much since then. To get ... + the latest release announcements, watch the GitHub project. INSTALLATION - The zziplib sources are built with gnu autotools and they should - be easy to install on unixish systems via the usual sequence of - `configure && make && make check && make install`. Many distributors - ship prebuilt packages e.g. in rpm format. Additionally there are - MSVC project files shipped along for usage with the Microsoft - VisualC series of compilers. There should be no problem either - when crosscompiling the zziplib for a third host platform. + The zziplib sources are built with gnu autotools and they should ... + be easy to install on unixish systems via the usual sequence of ... + `cmake && make && make check && make install`. Many distributors ... + ship prebuilt packages e.g. in rpm format. Additionally there are ... + MSVC project files shipped along for usage with the Microsoft ... + VisualC series of compilers. There should be no problem either ... + when crosscompiling the zziplib for a third host platform. MAINTENANCE - The zziplib library is intentionally a lightweight interface to - zip files. The author take patches but please consider to put - complex extensions into separate modules rather than implanting them - right into the core of the library engine. All Patches and Bug Reports - should be sent to Guido Draheim . + The zziplib library is intentionally a lightweight interface to ... + zip files. The author take patches but please consider to put ... + complex extensions into separate modules rather than implanting them ... + right into the core of the library engine. All Patches and Bug ... + Reports should be sent to Guido Draheim . -- 2.40.0