1XaoS
2====
3
4XaoS (pronounced *chaos*) is a realtime interactive fractal zoomer. This
5means that it lets you zoom smoothly into any place in the fractal you
6choose without the long calculation required by other fractal generators.
7It has many other features too, like different fractal types, autopilot,
8special coloring modes, random palette generation, color cycling, etc.
9
10You can try the XaoS zooming algorithm online using
11[XaoS.js](http://xaos-project.github.io/XaoSjs/).
12
13XaoS is based on [Qt](http://www.qt.io), and has been tested on Linux, Mac, and Windows.  It
14should also work on any other platform supporting Qt Widgets, like the BSDs.
15
16- Original authors: [Jan Hubička](http://www.ucw.cz/~hubicka/) and [Thomas Marsh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmarsh).
17- Current maintainers: [J.B. Langston](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jblangston/) and [Zoltán Kovács](https://sites.google.com/site/kovzol/).
18- See [CREDITS](CREDITS.md) for a complete list of contributors.
19
20Project Resources
21-----------------
22
23- [GitHub Repo](https://github.com/xaos-project/XaoS)
24- [Binary Releases](https://github.com/xaos-project/XaoS/releases)
25- [Documentation](https://github.com/xaos-project/XaoS/wiki)
26- [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/xaos-project/XaoS/issues)
27- [XaoS website](http://xaos.sourceforge.net/)
28- [Users' Google Group](http://groups.google.com/group/xaos-users)
29- [Developer's Guide](https://github.com/xaos-project/XaoS/wiki/Developer's-Guide)
30
31Bugs and Support
32----------------
33
34XaoS is a community-supported free software project. The Google Group provides
35a place for XaoS users to help each other get the most out of XaoS. XaoS
36developers also monitor this discussion and answer questions from time to time.
37You can browse the archives freely but to prevent spam, you must join the group
38in order to post. Google Groups provides options for participation from a
39traditional mailing list to a completely web-based forum, so you don’t have to
40get emails if you don’t want to.
41
42If you think you have found a bug in XaoS or have an idea for a new feature,
43please let us know about it.  XaoS is developed on a volunteer basis and the
44developers work on it in their spare time.  Therefore, we can’t guarantee that
45issues will be addressed in a certain timeframe. If you are able to fix a bug
46or implement a new feature yourself, pull requests are very welcome.
47
48License
49-------
50
51Copyright © 1996-2020 XaoS Contributors
52
53This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
54it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
55the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
56(at your option) any later version.
57
58This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
59but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
60MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
61GNU General Public License for more details.
62
63You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
64along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
65