MUtilities/README.md
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# Introduction #
The **MUtilities** library is a collection of routines and classes to extend the [*Qt cross-platform framework*](http://qt-project.org/). It contains various convenience and utility functions as well as wrappers for OS-specific functionalities. The library was originally created as a "side product" of the [**LameXP**](http://lamexp.sourceforge.net/) application: Over the years, a lot of code, **not** really specific to *LameXP*, had accumulated in the *LameXP* code base. Some of that code even had been used in other projects too, in a "copy & paste" fashion &ndash; which had lead to redundancy and much complicated maintenance. In order to clean-up the LameXP code base, to eliminate the ugly redundancy and to simplify maintenance, the code in question has finally been refactored into the **MUtilities** (aka "MuldeR's Utilities for Qt") library. This library now forms the foundation of *LameXP* and [*other OpenSource projects*](https://github.com/lordmulder).
# License
This library is free software. It is released under the terms of the [*GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1*](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html).
MUtilities - MuldeR's Utilities for Qt
Copyright (C) 2004-2016 LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>. Some rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
# Acknowledgement
The following third-party code is used in the MUtilities library:
* **Keccak/SHA-3 Reference Implementation**
Implementation by the Keccak, Keyak and Ketje Teams, namely, Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen, Michaël Peeters, Gilles Van Assche and Ronny Van Keer
No Copyright / Dedicated to the Public Domain
* **Natural Order String Comparison**
Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 by Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net>
Released under the zlib License
* **Adler-32 Checksum Algorithm (from zlib)**
Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
Released under the zlib License
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**e.o.f.**