COPYRIGHT
=========

This software (gpsd) released under the terms and conditions of the BSD
License, a copy of which is included in the file COPYING.

GENERAL
=======

gpsd is a userland daemon acting as a translator between GPS or
Loran-C receivers and clients. gpsd listens on port 2947 for clients
requesting position/time/velocity information.  The receivers are
expected to generate position information in a well-known format -- as
NMEA-0183 sentences, SiRF binary, Rockwell binary, Garmin binary
format, or other vendor binary protocols.  gpsd takes this
information from the GPS and translates it into something uniform and
easier to understand for clients.  The distribution includes sample
clients, application interface libraries, and test/profiling tools.

There is a project site for gpsd at <http://gpsd.berlios.de/>.
Look there for updates, news, and project mailing lists.  See that
website for a list of GPS units known to be compatible.

See the file INSTALL for installation instructions and some tips on
how to troubleshoot your installation.

Distro integrators: An RPM spec file is included in the gpsd
distribution.  It wants to set up a hotplug script to notify gpsd
when a potential GPS device goes active and should be polled.  The
goal is zero configuration; users should never have to tell gpsd how
to configure itself.  If you can't use RPM, use what you see in the
specfile as a model.

1.X CREDITS
===========

Remco Treffkorn designed and originated the code.

Russ Nelson maintained gpsd for a couple of years.

Carsten Tschach's gpstrans-0.31b code was the original model for nmea_parse.c.

Bob Lorenzini <hwm@netcom.com> provided testing an                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            