diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 69182c7..908cb45 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -19,27 +19,3 @@ non-profit organization. This project aims to implement an open SEG Y module in Python for transporting seismic data between SEG Y files and Numpy arrays. Segpy is a package for reading, writing and manipulating SEG Y data in pure Python. - -History -======= - -Segpy is a fork of a seemingly abandoned Python SEG Y reader called `SegyPY `_ -which was last updated in 2005. I couldn't get a response from the original author of SegyPY and since it the code was -under an LGPL license I took the decision in 2011 to fork and run a new project on Google Code, under a the name of -*Segpy* avoid confusion. In July 2014 the project was again migrated from a now defunct Mercurial repository on Google -Code to this Git repository on GitHub. - -The aim of the revived project is to fix serious problems with the code base in the area of correctness and -performance, but also to update it to work with contemporary Python environments including Python 2.7 and Python 3. - -**Pull requests, bug reports and suggestions for improvements are most welcome!** - - -Authors -======= - - * Robert Smallshire 2011 to date - * Thomas Mejer Hansen 2005 - -The Ibm2Ieee conversion routines are developed and made availabe for SegyPY by Secchi Angelo, who thanks Howard -Lightstone and Anton Vredegoor for their help.