From 754ccfb8651fcd8453a39c1236473e88fe4e254b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: doomsdayrs Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:12:54 -0500 Subject: Convert README to markdown Just a minor change, but makes the file a bit more readable. --- README | 51 --------------------------------------------------- README.md | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index fbf7670..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -libfprint -========= - -libfprint is part of the fprint project: -https://fprint.freedesktop.org/ - -libfprint was originally developed as part of an academic project at the -University of Manchester with the aim of hiding differences between different -consumer fingerprint scanners and providing a single uniform API to application -developers. The ultimate goal of the fprint project is to make fingerprint -scanners widely and easily usable under common Linux environments. - -The academic university project runs off a codebase maintained separately -from this one, although I try to keep them as similar as possible (I'm not -hiding anything in the academic branch, it's just the open source release -contains some commits excluded from the academic project). - -THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER DOES NOT ENDORSE THIS THIS SOFTWARE RELEASE AND -IS IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CODE CONTAINED WITHIN, OR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED -BY USING OR DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE. Development does not happen on -university computers and the project is not hosted at the university either. - -For more information on libfprint, supported devices, API documentation, etc., -see the homepage: -https://fprint.freedesktop.org/ - -libfprint is licensed under the GNU LGPL version 2.1. See the COPYING file -for the license text. - -Section 6 of the license states that for compiled works that use this -library, such works must include libfprint copyright notices alongside the -copyright notices for the other parts of the work. We have attempted to -make this process slightly easier for you by grouping these all in one place: -the AUTHORS file. - -libfprint includes code from NIST's NBIS software distribution: -http://fingerprint.nist.gov/NBIS/index.html -We include bozorth3 from the US export controlled distribution. We have -determined that it is fine to ship bozorth3 in an open source project, -see https://fprint.freedesktop.org/us-export-control.html - -## Historical links - -Older versions of libfprint are available at: -https://sourceforge.net/projects/fprint/files/ - -Historical mailing-list archives: -http://www.reactivated.net/fprint_list_archives/ - -Historical website: -http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/ diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f59b4e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +# libfprint + +libfprint is part of the fprint project: +https://fprint.freedesktop.org/ + +## History + +libfprint was originally developed as part of an academic project at the +University of Manchester with the aim of hiding differences between different +consumer fingerprint scanners and providing a single uniform API to application +developers. The ultimate goal of the fprint project is to make fingerprint +scanners widely and easily usable under common Linux environments. + +The academic university project runs off a codebase maintained separately +from this one, although I try to keep them as similar as possible (I'm not +hiding anything in the academic branch, it's just the open source release +contains some commits excluded from the academic project). + +## License + +THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER DOES NOT ENDORSE THIS THIS SOFTWARE RELEASE AND +IS IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CODE CONTAINED WITHIN, OR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED +BY USING OR DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE. Development does not happen on +university computers and the project is not hosted at the university either. + +For more information on libfprint, supported devices, API documentation, etc., +see the homepage: +https://fprint.freedesktop.org/ + +libfprint is licensed under the GNU LGPL version 2.1. See the COPYING file +for the license text. + +Section 6 of the license states that for compiled works that use this +library, such works must include libfprint copyright notices alongside the +copyright notices for the other parts of the work. We have attempted to +make this process slightly easier for you by grouping these all in one place: +the AUTHORS file. + +libfprint includes code from NIST's NBIS software distribution: +http://fingerprint.nist.gov/NBIS/index.html +We include bozorth3 from the US export controlled distribution. We have +determined that it is fine to ship bozorth3 in an open source project, +see https://fprint.freedesktop.org/us-export-control.html + +## Historical links + +Older versions of libfprint are available at: +https://sourceforge.net/projects/fprint/files/ + +Historical mailing-list archives: +http://www.reactivated.net/fprint_list_archives/ + +Historical website: +http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/ -- cgit v1.2.3