X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=41a66b18712592075a5e1324bcc205a45e606ebf;hp=70f5a7edc5233fe766ee025447edb6c5dce888ff;hb=aaddd858cce8f3f4579192def614b38ebdf17978;hpb=75b48d31ec64dc89091b0737b1780466de54edb4 diff --git a/README b/README index 70f5a7ed..41a66b18 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ INTRODUCTION -This is wimlib version 1.9.1-BETA (February 2016). wimlib is a C library for +This is wimlib version 1.9.2-BETA (May 2016). wimlib is a C library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). wimlib and its command-line frontend 'wimlib-imagex' provide a free and cross-platform alternative to Microsoft's WIMGAPI, ImageX, @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ platform-dependent way: Windows-specific data are ordinarily ignored; however, there is also special support for capturing and extracting images directly to/from unmounted NTFS volumes. This was made possible with the help of libntfs-3g from the - NTFS-3g project. + NTFS-3G project. 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 @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Windows (XP and later). As much code as possible is shared among all supported platforms, but there necessarily are some differences in what features are supported on each platform and how they are implemented. Most notable is that file tree scanning and -extraction are implemented separately for Windows, UNIX, and UNIX (NTFS-3g +extraction are implemented separately for Windows, UNIX, and UNIX (NTFS-3G mode), to ensure a fast and feature-rich implementation of each platform/mode. wimlib is mainly used on x86 and x86_64 CPUs, but it should also work on a @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ The algorithms used by wimlib's compression and decompression codecs are inspired by a variety of sources, including open source projects and computer science papers. -The code in ntfs-3g_apply.c and ntfs-3g_capture.c uses the NTFS-3g library, +The code in ntfs-3g_apply.c and ntfs-3g_capture.c uses the NTFS-3G library, which is a library for reading and writing to NTFS filesystems (the filesystem used by recent versions of Windows). See http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/ for more information. @@ -275,9 +275,13 @@ the code has been entirely rewritten and improved (main author: Eric Biggers). Windows support has been available since version 1.3.0 (March 2013). A list of version-to-version changes can be found in the NEWS file. - LICENSE AND DISCLAIMER + NOTICES -See COPYING for information about the license. +wimlib is free software that comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by +law. See the COPYING file for more details. + +Bug reports, suggestions, and other contributions are appreciated and may be +sent via email to ebiggers3@gmail.com or posted to https://wimlib.net/forums. 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. @@ -287,5 +291,6 @@ libcrypto (OpenSSL), configure with --without-libcrypto. This replaces the SHA1 implementation with built-in code and there will be no difference in functionality. -wimlib comes with no warranty whatsoever. Please submit a bug report (to -ebiggers3@gmail.com) if you find a bug in wimlib and/or wimlib-imagex. +Note: copyright years may be listed using range notation, e.g., 2012-2016, +indicating that every year in the range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that +would otherwise be listed individually.