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diff --git a/libraries/libmicrohttpd/README b/libraries/libmicrohttpd/README index 671f627350..b8350d177e 100644 --- a/libraries/libmicrohttpd/README +++ b/libraries/libmicrohttpd/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make it easy to run -an HTTP server as part of another application. GNU libmicrohttpd is free -software and part of the GNU project. Key features that distinguish -libmicrohttpd from other projects are: +GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make +it easy to run an HTTP server as part of another application. GNU +libmicrohttpd is free software and part of the GNU project. Key +features that distinguish libmicrohttpd from other projects are: * C library: fast and small * API is simple, expressive and fully reentrant @@ -11,17 +11,18 @@ libmicrohttpd from other projects are: * Support for incremental processing of POST data * Creates binary of only 30k (without TLS/SSL support) * Three different threading models -* Supported platforms include GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, W32, - Symbian and z/OS +* Supported platforms include GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, + OS X, W32, Symbian and z/OS * Optional support for SSL3 and TLS (requires libgcrypt) -libmicrohttpd was started because the author needed an easy way to add a -concurrent HTTP server to other projects. Existing alternatives were either -non-free, not reentrant, standalone, of terrible code quality or a combination -thereof. Do not use libmicrohttpd if you are looking for a standalone http -server, there are many other projects out there that provide that kind of -functionality already. However, if you want to be able to serve simple WWW -pages from within your C or C++ application, check it out. +libmicrohttpd was started because the author needed an easy way to add +a concurrent HTTP server to other projects. Existing alternatives were +either non-free, not reentrant, standalone, of terrible code quality +or a combination thereof. Do not use libmicrohttpd if you are looking +for a standalone http server, there are many other projects out there +that provide that kind of functionality already. However, if you +want to be able to serve simple WWW pages from within your C or C++ +application, check it out. libmicrohttpd is licensed under the GNU LGPL. If you disable HTTPS/SSL support, you can also choose the second license, the eCos License. |