diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 71ddf9ec..44b78882 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ![QP Framework](doxygen/images/qp_banner.jpg) > **NOTE:** If your company has a policy forbidding open source in your -product, all QP frameworks can be +products, all QP frameworks can be [licensed commercially](https://www.state-machine.com/licensing), in which case you don't use any open source license and you do not violate your policy. @@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ open the file [html/index.html](html/index.html) in your web browser. QP/C++ (Quantum Platform in C++) is a lightweight, open source [Real-Time Embedded Framework (RTEF)][RTEF] for building modern embedded software as systems of asynchronous, event-driven [active objects][Active] -(actors). The [QP/C++] framework is a member of a larger [QP] family -consisting of [QP/C], [QP/C++], and [QP-nano] frameworks, which are all -strictly quality controlled, thoroughly documented, and [commercially -licensable][Lic]. +(actors). The [QP/C++] framework is a member of a [QP] family consisting of +[QP/C] and [QP/C++] frameworks, which are strictly quality controlled, +thoroughly documented, and [commercially licensable][Lic]. ## Safer Model of Concurrency The [QP] framework family is based on the [Active Object][Active] (**actor**) @@ -99,11 +98,11 @@ as ARM Cortex-M (M0/M0+/M3/M4/M7). QP/C++ can also work with a traditional RTOS, such as ThreadX, FreeRTOS, embOS, uC/OS-II and TI-RTOS, as well as with (embedded) Linux (POSIX) and Windows. -## Maturity -With 60,000 downloads a year, the [QP] family is the most popular such -solution on the embedded software market. It provides a modern, reusable -architecture for embedded applications, which combines the active-object -model of concurrency with hierarchical state machines. +## Popularity and Maturity +With 20 years of continuous development, over [350 commercial licensees][Cust], +and many times more open source users worldwide, the QP™ frameworks are the +most popular such offering on the market. They power countless electronic +products ranging from implantable medical devices to complex weapon systems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # QP/C++ Licensing @@ -115,6 +114,7 @@ traditional closed source software distribution models are combined. product, all QP frameworks can be [licensed commercially][Lic], in which case you don't use any open source license and you do not violate your policy. + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # QP/C++ Documentation The **QP/C++ Manual** is located online at: https://www.state-machine.com/qpcpp @@ -136,5 +136,6 @@ The **QP/C++ Manual** is located online at: https://www.state-machine.com/qpcpp [Active]: [HSM]: [Lic]: + [Cust]: [AN]: [Video]: