From 9a43ff9914b28fd9ffe7ac88cec6925e0c6600f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tpltnt Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:04:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] license added --- LICENSE | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 00000000..daaa84e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +The MIT License (MIT) +Copyright (c) 2013 Bitmessage + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of +this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in +the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to +use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies +of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do +so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all +copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE +SOFTWARE. \ No newline at end of file From cce6ab63118ade91c9152c9b3f860009e73f8b12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tpltnt Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:07:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] readme filled with content --- README.md | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2bc486fd..5be12604 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,16 @@ PyBitmessage -============ \ No newline at end of file +============ + +Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to +another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, +meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate +authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a +message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the +sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running +warrantless wiretapping programs. + + +references +---------- +* [protocol specification](https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Protocol_specification) +* [whitepaper](https://bitmessage.org/bitmessage.pdf) \ No newline at end of file