X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3a0ef00b5ab202b16871b91ff77d2567450e2504;hp=1148a53995050fa4e46960cf2cf9cbf2e92213ff;hb=d82950b8ae73d50bffebb88c2b5c10b49f4082f4;hpb=2bba9abc868d81e85a2a165db9ade09fdb30ac8e diff --git a/README b/README index 1148a539..3a0ef00b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ INTRODUCTION -This is wimlib version 1.6.2 (March 2014). wimlib is a C library for +This is wimlib version 1.7.0-BETA (May 2014). wimlib is a C library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). These files are normally created using the ImageX (imagex.exe) or Dism (Dism.exe) utilities on Windows, but wimlib is distributed @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ images. A WIM file may be either stand-alone or split into multiple parts. Split WIMs are read-only and cannot be modified. +Since version 1.6.0, wimlib also supports ESD (.esd) files, except when +encrypted. These are still WIM files but they use a newer version of the file +format. + IMAGEX IMPLEMENTATION wimlib itself is a C library, and it provides a documented public API (See: @@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ platform-dependent way: For both platforms the code for NTFS capture and extraction is complete enough that it is possible to apply an image from the "install.wim" contained in recent -Windows installation media (Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8) directly to a NTFS +Windows installation media (Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8) directly to an NTFS filesystem, and then boot Windows from it after preparing the Boot Configuration Data. In addition, a Windows installation can be captured (or backed up) into a WIM file, and then re-applied later. @@ -368,7 +372,8 @@ WIM, I recommend you take a look at SquashFS (http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/). LICENSE As of version 1.0.0, wimlib and all programs and scripts distributed with it are -released under the GNU GPL version 3.0 or later. +released under the GNU GPL version 3.0 or later. See COPYING for details. +Some individual source files are also released under more permissive licenses. wimlib is independently developed and does not contain any code, data, or files copyrighted by Microsoft. It is not known to be affected by any patents.