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[15/21] incubator-singa git commit: SINGA-68 Preparation for Release -- License etc.

SINGA-68 Preparation for Release -- License etc.

Minor changes to LICENSE, NOTICE, RELEASE_NOTES to make them consistent.
Still need to complete README file.


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-singa/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-singa/commit/e1e88389
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-singa/tree/e1e88389
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-singa/diff/e1e88389

Branch: refs/heads/tutorial
Commit: e1e88389e8b65740752881ca2b694273cb5e8eb1
Parents: be035df
Author: Anh Dinh <ug...@gmail.com>
Authored: Sun Sep 13 20:07:58 2015 +0800
Committer: wang sheng <wa...@gmail.com>
Committed: Wed Sep 16 11:09:25 2015 +0800

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 LICENSE       | 632 ++---------------------------------------------------
 NOTICE        |   8 +-
 README        |  20 ++
 README.md     |  11 +
 RELEASE_NOTES |  23 +-
 5 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 634 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-singa/blob/e1e88389/LICENSE
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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 83a58c7..64f06dd 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -206,627 +206,29 @@ subcomponents is subject to the terms and conditions of the following
 licenses.
 
 ============================================================================
-For cafee (see comments in src/neuralnet/layer.cc)
-===========================================================================
-COPYRIGHT
-All contributions by the University of California:
-Copyright (c) 2014, The Regents of the University of California (Regents)
-All rights reserved.
-All other contributions:
-Copyright (c) 2014, the respective contributors
-All rights reserved.
-Caffe uses a shared copyright model: each contributor holds copyright over
-their contributions to Caffe. The project versioning records all such
-contribution and copyright details. If a contributor wants to further mark
-their specific copyright on a particular contribution, they should indicate
-their copyright solely in the commit message of the change when it is
-committed.
-LICENSE
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
-list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
-this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
-and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
-ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
-WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
-DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
-ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
-(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
-LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
-ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
-SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
-By contributing to the BVLC/caffe repository through pull-request, comment,
-or otherwise, the contributor releases their content to the
-license and copyright terms herein.
+SINGA bundles the following under BSD 2-clause license: include/utils/blob.h, src/utils/blob.cc,
+include/utils/common.h, src/utils/common.cc
 
-=====================================================================
-For czmq
-=====================================================================
-Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
-==================================
-
-1. Definitions
---------------
-
-1.1. "Contributor"
-    means each individual or legal entity that creates, contributes to
-    the creation of, or owns Covered Software.
-
-1.2. "Contributor Version"
-    means the combination of the Contributions of others (if any) used
-    by a Contributor and that particular Contributor's Contribution.
-
-1.3. "Contribution"
-    means Covered Software of a particular Contributor.
-
-1.4. "Covered Software"
-    means Source Code Form to which the initial Contributor has attached
-    the notice in Exhibit A, the Executable Form of such Source Code
-    Form, and Modifications of such Source Code Form, in each case
-    including portions thereof.
-
-1.5. "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses"
-    means
-
-    (a) that the initial Contributor has attached the notice described
-        in Exhibit B to the Covered Software; or
-
-    (b) that the Covered Software was made available under the terms of
-        version 1.1 or earlier of the License, but not also under the
-        terms of a Secondary License.
-
-1.6. "Executable Form"
-    means any form of the work other than Source Code Form.
-
-1.7. "Larger Work"
-    means a work that combines Covered Software with other material, in
-    a separate file or files, that is not Covered Software.
-
-1.8. "License"
-    means this document.
-
-1.9. "Licensable"
-    means having the right to grant, to the maximum extent possible,
-    whether at the time of the initial grant or subsequently, any and
-    all of the rights conveyed by this License.
-
-1.10. "Modifications"
-    means any of the following:
-
-    (a) any file in Source Code Form that results from an addition to,
-        deletion from, or modification of the contents of Covered
-        Software; or
+Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, The Regents of the University of California (Regents)
+https://github.com/BVLC/caffe/blob/master/LICENSE
 
-    (b) any new file in Source Code Form that contains any Covered
-        Software.
-
-1.11. "Patent Claims" of a Contributor
-    means any patent claim(s), including without limitation, method,
-    process, and apparatus claims, in any patent Licensable by such
-    Contributor that would be infringed, but for the grant of the
-    License, by the making, using, selling, offering for sale, having
-    made, import, or transfer of either its Contributions or its
-    Contributor Version.
-
-1.12. "Secondary License"
-    means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU
-    Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General
-    Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those
-    licenses.
-
-1.13. "Source Code Form"
-    means the form of the work preferred for making modifications.
-
-1.14. "You" (or "Your")
-    means an individual or a legal entity exercising rights under this
-    License. For legal entities, "You" includes any entity that
-    controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with You. For
-    purposes of this definition, "control" means (a) the power, direct
-    or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity,
-    whether by contract or otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than
-    fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or beneficial
-    ownership of such entity.
-
-2. License Grants and Conditions
---------------------------------
-
-2.1. Grants
-
-Each Contributor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free,
-non-exclusive license:
+=====================================================================
+SINGA bundles the following under BSD 2-clause license: include/utils/tinydir.h
 
-(a) under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)
-    Licensable by such Contributor to use, reproduce, make available,
-    modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its
-    Contributions, either on an unmodified basis, with Modifications, or
-    as part of a Larger Work; and
+Copyright (c) 2013, Cong Xu
+https://github.com/cxong/tinydir/blob/master/COPYING 
 
-(b) under Patent Claims of such Contributor to make, use, sell, offer
-    for sale, have made, import, and otherwise transfer either its
-    Contributions or its Contributor Version.
+=====================================================================
+SINGA bundles the following under Apache v2.0 license: include/mshadow/*
 
-2.2. Effective Date
+Copyright (c) 2014 by Contributors
+https://github.com/dmlc/mshadow/blob/master/LICENSE
 
-The licenses granted in Section 2.1 with respect to any Contribution
-become effective for each Contribution on the date the Contributor first
-distributes such Contribution.
+=====================================================================
+SINGA bundles the following under New BSD license: include/mshadow/*
 
-2.3. Limitations on Grant Scope
+Copyright 2008, Google Inc.
+https://code.google.com/p/googletest/source/browse/trunk/LICENSE
+=====================================================================
 
-The licenses granted in this Section 2 are the only rights granted under
-this License. No additional rights or licenses will be implied from the
-distribution or licensing of Covered Software under this License.
-Notwithstanding Section 2.1(b) above, no patent license is granted by a
-Contributor:
-
-(a) for any code that a Contributor has removed from Covered Software;
-    or
-
-(b) for infringements caused by: (i) Your and any other third party's
-    modifications of Covered Software, or (ii) the combination of its
-    Contributions with other software (except as part of its Contributor
-    Version); or
-
-(c) under Patent Claims infringed by Covered Software in the absence of
-    its Contributions.
-
-This License does not grant any rights in the trademarks, service marks,
-or logos of any Contributor (except as may be necessary to comply with
-the notice requirements in Section 3.4).
-
-2.4. Subsequent Licenses
-
-No Contributor makes additional grants as a result of Your choice to
-distribute the Covered Software under a subsequent version of this
-License (see Section 10.2) or under the terms of a Secondary License (if
-permitted under the terms of Section 3.3).
-
-2.5. Representation
-
-Each Contributor represents that the Contributor believes its
-Contributions are its original creation(s) or it has sufficient rights
-to grant the rights to its Contributions conveyed by this License.
-
-2.6. Fair Use
-
-This License is not intended to limit any rights You have under
-applicable copyright doctrines of fair use, fair dealing, or other
-equivalents.
-
-2.7. Conditions
-
-Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are conditions of the licenses granted
-in Section 2.1.
-
-3. Responsibilities
--------------------
-
-3.1. Distribution of Source Form
-
-All distribution of Covered Software in Source Code Form, including any
-Modifications that You create or to which You contribute, must be under
-the terms of this License. You must inform recipients that the Source
-Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this
-License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License. You may not
-attempt to alter or restrict the recipients' rights in the Source Code
-Form.
-
-3.2. Distribution of Executable Form
-
-If You distribute Covered Software in Executable Form then:
-
-(a) such Covered Software must also be made available in Source Code
-    Form, as described in Section 3.1, and You must inform recipients of
-    the Executable Form how they can obtain a copy of such Source Code
-    Form by reasonable means in a timely manner, at a charge no more
-    than the cost of distribution to the recipient; and
-
-(b) You may distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this
-    License, or sublicense it under different terms, provided that the
-    license for the Executable Form does not attempt to limit or alter
-    the recipients' rights in the Source Code Form under this License.
-
-3.3. Distribution of a Larger Work
-
-You may create and distribute a Larger Work under terms of Your choice,
-provided that You also comply with the requirements of this License for
-the Covered Software. If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered
-Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the
-Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this
-License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software
-under the terms of such Secondary License(s), so that the recipient of
-the Larger Work may, at their option, further distribute the Covered
-Software under the terms of either this License or such Secondary
-License(s).
-
-3.4. Notices
-
-You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices
-(including copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty,
-or limitations of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of
-the Covered Software, except that You may alter any license notices to
-the extent required to remedy known factual inaccuracies.
-
-3.5. Application of Additional Terms
-
-You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support,
-indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of Covered
-Software. However, You may do so only on Your own behalf, and not on
-behalf of any Contributor. You must make it absolutely clear that any
-such warranty, support, indemnity, or liability obligation is offered by
-You alone, and You hereby agree to indemnify every Contributor for any
-liability incurred by such Contributor as a result of warranty, support,
-indemnity or liability terms You offer. You may include additional
-disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability specific to any
-jurisdiction.
-
-4. Inability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation
----------------------------------------------------
-
-If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
-License with respect to some or all of the Covered Software due to
-statute, judicial order, or regulation then You must: (a) comply with
-the terms of this License to the maximum extent possible; and (b)
-describe the limitations and the code they affect. Such description must
-be placed in a text file included with all distributions of the Covered
-Software under this License. Except to the extent prohibited by statute
-or regulation, such description must be sufficiently detailed for a
-recipient of ordinary skill to be able to understand it.
-
-5. Termination
---------------
-
-5.1. The rights granted under this License will terminate automatically
-if You fail to comply with any of its terms. However, if You become
-compliant, then the rights granted under this License from a particular
-Contributor are reinstated (a) provisionally, unless and until such
-Contributor explicitly and finally terminates Your grants, and (b) on an
-ongoing basis, if such Contributor fails to notify You of the
-non-compliance by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after You have
-come back into compliance. Moreover, Your grants from a particular
-Contributor are reinstated on an ongoing basis if such Contributor
-notifies You of the non-compliance by some reasonable means, this is the
-first time You have received notice of non-compliance with this License
-from such Contributor, and You become compliant prior to 30 days after
-Your receipt of the notice.
-
-5.2. If You initiate litigation against any entity by asserting a patent
-infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions,
-counter-claims, and cross-claims) alleging that a Contributor Version
-directly or indirectly infringes any patent, then the rights granted to
-You by any and all Contributors for the Covered Software under Section
-2.1 of this License shall terminate.
-
-5.3. In the event of termination under Sections 5.1 or 5.2 above, all
-end user license agreements (excluding distributors and resellers) which
-have been validly granted by You or Your distributors under this License
-prior to termination shall survive termination.
-
-************************************************************************
-*                                                                      *
-*  6. Disclaimer of Warranty                                           *
-*  -------------------------                                           *
-*                                                                      *
-*  Covered Software is provided under this License on an "as is"       *
-*  basis, without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or  *
-*  statutory, including, without limitation, warranties that the       *
-*  Covered Software is free of defects, merchantable, fit for a        *
-*  particular purpose or non-infringing. The entire risk as to the     *
-*  quality and performance of the Covered Software is with You.        *
-*  Should any Covered Software prove defective in any respect, You     *
-*  (not any Contributor) assume the cost of any necessary servicing,   *
-*  repair, or correction. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an   *
-*  essential part of this License. No use of any Covered Software is   *
-*  authorized under this License except under this disclaimer.         *
-*                                                                      *
-************************************************************************
-
-************************************************************************
-*                                                                      *
-*  7. Limitation of Liability                                          *
-*  --------------------------                                          *
-*                                                                      *
-*  Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether tort      *
-*  (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall any           *
-*  Contributor, or anyone who distributes Covered Software as          *
-*  permitted above, be liable to You for any direct, indirect,         *
-*  special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character      *
-*  including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of    *
-*  goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any    *
-*  and all other commercial damages or losses, even if such party      *
-*  shall have been informed of the possibility of such damages. This   *
-*  limitation of liability shall not apply to liability for death or   *
-*  personal injury resulting from such party's negligence to the       *
-*  extent applicable law prohibits such limitation. Some               *
-*  jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of           *
-*  incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion and          *
-*  limitation may not apply to You.                                    *
-*                                                                      *
-************************************************************************
-
-8. Litigation
--------------
-
-Any litigation relating to this License may be brought only in the
-courts of a jurisdiction where the defendant maintains its principal
-place of business and such litigation shall be governed by laws of that
-jurisdiction, without reference to its conflict-of-law provisions.
-Nothing in this Section shall prevent a party's ability to bring
-cross-claims or counter-claims.
-
-9. Miscellaneous
-----------------
-
-This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject
-matter hereof. If any provision of this License is held to be
-unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent
-necessary to make it enforceable. Any law or regulation which provides
-that the language of a contract shall be construed against the drafter
-shall not be used to construe this License against a Contributor.
-
-10. Versions of the License
----------------------------
-
-10.1. New Versions
-
-Mozilla Foundation is the license steward. Except as provided in Section
-10.3, no one other than the license steward has the right to modify or
-publish new versions of this License. Each version will be given a
-distinguishing version number.
-
-10.2. Effect of New Versions
-
-You may distribute the Covered Software under the terms of the version
-of the License under which You originally received the Covered Software,
-or under the terms of any subsequent version published by the license
-steward.
-
-10.3. Modified Versions
-
-If you create software not governed by this License, and you want to
-create a new license for such software, you may create and use a
-modified version of this License if you rename the license and remove
-any references to the name of the license steward (except to note that
-such modified license differs from this License).
-
-10.4. Distributing Source Code Form that is Incompatible With Secondary
-Licenses
-
-If You choose to distribute Source Code Form that is Incompatible With
-Secondary Licenses under the terms of this version of the License, the
-notice described in Exhibit B of this License must be attached.
-
-Exhibit A - Source Code Form License Notice
--------------------------------------------
-
-  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-  License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-  file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-If it is not possible or desirable to put the notice in a particular
-file, then You may include the notice in a location (such as a LICENSE
-file in a relevant directory) where a recipient would be likely to look
-for such a notice.
-
-You may add additional accurate notices of copyright ownership.
-
-Exhibit B - "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses" Notice
----------------------------------------------------------
-
-  This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
-  defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
-
-======================================================================
-For glog:
-======================================================================
-Copyright (c) 2008, Google Inc.
-All rights reserved.
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
-met:
-* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
-copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
-in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-distribution.
-* Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
-contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
-this software without specific prior written permission.
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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-LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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-OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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-(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-A function gettimeofday in utilities.cc is based on
-http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#dR3YEbitojA/COPYING&q=GetSystemTimeAsFileTime%20license:bsd
-The license of this code is:
-Copyright (c) 2003-2008, Jouni Malinen <j...@w1.fi> and contributors
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-LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-=====================================================================
-For lmdb
-=====================================================================
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-  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
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-  3. Neither the name of the OpenBLAS project nor the names of its contributors
-  may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-singa/blob/e1e88389/NOTICE
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--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
 Portions of this software were developed at the National University of
 Singapore.
 
-The software uses thridpart libaries including czmq, glog, google protobuf, OpenCV and Openblas. 
-This software also contains code derived from the caffe project (https://github.com/BVLC/caffe) 
-and tinydir from Cong Xu.
+This software contains codes from the other projects: Caffe (https://github.com/BVLC/caffe), tinydir
+(https://github.com/cxong/tinydir), mshadow (https://github.com/dmlc/mshadow) and gtest
+(https://code.google.com/p/googletest/).
+
+The software uses external libraries including czmq, glog, google protobuf, OpenCV and Openblas. 

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index 0000000..6ccaac4
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@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+TODO
+
+##Apache SINGA
+
+Distributed deep learning system
+
+[Project Website](http://singa.incubator.apache.org)
+
+All the details can be found in project website.
+
+The current code depends on the following external libraries:
+  * glog (New BSD)
+  * google-protobuf (New BSD)
+  * openblas (New BSD)
+  * zeromq (LGPLv3 + static link exception)
+  * czmq (Mozilla Public License Version 2.0)
+  * zookeeper (Apache 2.0)
+  * lmdb (OpenLDAP)
+
+

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-singa/blob/e1e88389/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,14 @@ Distributed deep learning system
 [Project Website](http://singa.incubator.apache.org)
 
 All the details can be found in project website.
+
+The current code depends on the following external libraries:
+  * glog (New BSD)
+  * google-protobuf (New BSD)
+  * openblas (New BSD)
+  * zeromq (LGPLv3 + static link exception)
+  * czmq (Mozilla Public License Version 2.0)
+  * zookeeper (Apache 2.0)
+  * lmdb (OpenLDAP)
+
+

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-singa/blob/e1e88389/RELEASE_NOTES
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@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Release Notes - SINGA - Version singa-incubating-0.1-rc0
 -----------------------------------------
-This release includes these features:
+
+SINGA is a general distributed deep learning platform for training big deep learning models over large datasets. It is
+designed with an intuitive programming model based on the layer abstraction. SINGA supports a wide variety of popular
+deep learning models. 
+
+This release includes following features:
 
   * Job management
     * [SINGA-3] - Use Zookeeper to check stopping (finish) time of the system
@@ -70,24 +75,10 @@ Some bugs are fixed during the development of this release
   * [SINGA-49] Fix a bug in HandlePutMsg func that sets param fields to invalid values
   * [SINGA-66] Fix bugs in Worker::RunOneBatch function and ClusterProto
 
-Some tasks should be done in the next release
+Features planned for the next release 
   * [SINGA-11] Start SINGA using Mesos
   * [SINGA-31] Extend Blob to support xpu (cpu or gpu)
   * [SINGA-35] Add random number generators
   * [SINGA-40] Support sparse Param update
   * [SINGA-41] Support single node single GPU training
 
-The current code depends on the following external libraries:
-  * glog (New BSD)
-  * google-protobuf (New BSD)
-  * openblas (New BSD)
-  * zeromq (LGPLv3 + static link exception)
-  * czmq (Mozilla Public License Version 2.0)
-  * zookeeper (Apache 2.0)
-  * lmdb (OpenLDAP)
-
-Some source files/folders include third-party code:
-  * include/gtest (New BSD)
-  * include/mshadow (Apache 2.0)
-  * include/utils/tinydir.h (BSD 2-clause)
-  * caffe <include/utils/blob.h, src/utils/blob.cc, include/utils/common.h, src/utils/common.cc> (BSD 2-clause)