From 6e8f9e578a9d173cdd79729e61c1ec852f0086b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jvoisin Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 22:59:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve a bit the readme --- README.md | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 53a1c71..51f3c63 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ This software is currently in **beta**, please don't use it for anything critical. +# Metadata and privacy + +Metadata consist of information that characterizes data. +Metadata are used to provide documentation for data products. +In essence, metadata answer who, what, when, where, why, and how about +every facet of the data that are being documented. + +Metadata within a file can tell a lot about you. +Cameras record data about when a picture was taken and what +camera was used. Office documents like PDF or Office automatically adds +author and company information to documents and spreadsheets. +Maybe you don't want to disclose those information on the web. + +This is precisely the job of MAT2: getting rid, as much as possible, of +metadata. # Requirements @@ -29,6 +44,12 @@ doesn't run on [Debian Jessie](Stretc://packages.debian.org/jessie/python3), $ python3 -m unittest discover -v ``` +# Supported formats + +```bash +$ python3 ./main.py -l +``` + # Related softwares - The first iteration of [MAT](http://mat.boum.org) @@ -37,3 +58,31 @@ $ python3 -m unittest discover -v tries to deal with *printer dots* too. - [pdfparanoia](https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia), that removes watermarks from PDF. + +# License + +This program 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 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. + +This program 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 General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License +along with this program. If not, see . + +Copyright 2018 Julien (jvoisin) Voisin + +# Thanks + +MAT2 wouldn't existe without: + +- the Google Summer of Code, +- the fine people from the Tails project +- friends + +Many thanks to them! +