diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4a0f4136..75e5cc9c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ A mature cross-platform windowing system and GUI system for IoT devices. 6. If you have a problem 7. A little FAQ 8. Copying + 9. Not free for commercial use ## INTRODUCTION @@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ for the developers to develop application much easier: * mGPlus: A MiniGUI component which provides support for advanced graphics functions like path, gradient, anti-aliase stretch, and color combination. + * mGNCS: This component provides a new control set for MiniGUI application. + By using mGNCS, you can use miniStudio to develop MiniGUI application in + WYSIWYG way. + + * mGEff: mGEff provides an animation framework for MiniGUI application. + It also provides some popular UI/UE special effects. + MiniGUI also is a free software project. In December 1998, the initiator of FMSoft, Wei Yongming, began to develop MiniGUI under the GNU General Public License (GPL). In September 2002, the core developers of @@ -108,8 +116,8 @@ clients and the server. ## NEW FEATURES OF THIS VERSION -For more information, please refer to ReleaesNotes-3.0.x.pdf file in -the product CD-ROM (in the 'docs/' directory). +This version is 3.2.x under development; new features: + ## HISTORY @@ -214,17 +222,19 @@ A brief history description of the developement progress lay below: 39) Oct., 2009: MiniGUI official version 3.0.4 released. 40) Jan., 2010: MiniGUI official version 3.0.6 released. 41) May., 2010: MiniGUI official version 3.0.8 released. - 42) May., 2010: MiniGUI official version 3.2.0 released. - 43) Oct., 2010: MiniGUI official version 3.0.10 released. + 42) Aug., 2010: MiniGUI official version 3.0.10 released. + 43) Oct., 2010: MiniGUI official version 3.0.12 released. + 44) Aug., 2017: FMSoft opened the latest source code of MiniGUI under GPL 2.0. + 45) Aug., 2017: FMSoft opened the latest source code of mDolphin under Apache 2.0. ## ABOUT THE AUTHORS -The original author of MiniGUI is Wei Yongming, and now MiniGUI is +The original author of MiniGUI is WEI Yongming, and now MiniGUI is maintained by FMSoft. For more information, please browse our home page: - http://www.minigui.com + http://www.fmsoft.cn The GPL'd versions and dependent libraries of MiniGUI can be found at: @@ -236,9 +246,6 @@ The GPL'd versions and dependent libraries of MiniGUI can be found at: If you have any technical problem, advice or comment, please send messages to consult@minigui.com. -If you are interested in the commercial MiniGUI products and licensing, -please write to sales@minigui.com. - ## A LITTLE FAQ @@ -269,4 +276,16 @@ A: Yes, it offers. It even offers the support for 1bpp and 2bpp LCD. ## COPYING Copyright (C) 2002~2017, Beijing FMSoft Technologies Co., Ltd. +Copyright (C) 1998~2002, WEI Yongming + +## NOT FREE FOR COMMERCIAL USE + +MiniGUI and its components are licensed under the GPL license. +So any links about MiniGUI must follow GPL. If you cannot accept GPL, +you need to be licensed from FMSoft. If you wonder that if you need +the commercial license of MiniGUI, please refer to the LICENSE.POLICY file. + +We provide you the commercial license of MiniGUI according to the number +of the run-time binary copies of MiniGUI. If you are interested in +the commercial license of MiniGUI, please write to sales@minigui.com.