Who made it, and why: author, credits, licence and support

The README says who wrote it and the two projects it was built for, WII6
and OGLAS, with their sites; credits Ground Control for the modem and
the library that does the protocol work; and gives the licence with
contact details, where to report issues and what helps in a report, and
that it is not a Ground Control product. The licence, every source file
and the Python package's metadata carry the copyright and email; the
package lists its homepage, repository, issues and changelog.
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@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ The 9704 sends and receives IMT messages of up to 100 kB through the
Iridium network, and speaks JSPR, JSON lines over a 230400 8N1 UART. There
is no AT mode; it is not a 9602 or 9603.
rockblock9704-zephyr is written and maintained by Scott Penrose
([Digital Dimensions](https://www.dd.com.au/)). It was built for two
projects that send data home by satellite:
[WII6](https://wii6.au/), a wave-measuring buoy, and
[OGLAS](https://oglas.au/), a fleet of LoRa sensors, repeaters and hubs.
Both run it, and neither is needed to use it.
## Ground Control's library
This module does not reimplement or fork the protocol. Ground Control's
@@ -175,7 +182,31 @@ docs/TESTING.md the tests and how to run them
west.yml the pins
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## Credits
- [Ground Control](https://www.groundcontrol.com/), for the RockBLOCK 9704
and its [C library](https://github.com/rock7/RockBLOCK-9704) (MIT),
which does all of the protocol work. This module builds it unchanged.
- The serial port and the worker began in OGLAS's satellite bench and were
carried through WII6 before moving here.
## Licence
MIT, as Ground Control's library is. The serial port and worker began in
the OGLAS satellite bench and were carried through WII6 before moving here.
MIT, as Ground Control's library is. See `LICENSE`.
Copyright (c) 2026 Scott Penrose <scottp@dd.com.au>
* https://www.sh3d.com.au/ - Sh3d
* https://www.dd.com.au/ - Digital Dimensions
## Support
Report issues on the [GitHub mirror](https://github.com/SH3D/rockblock9704-zephyr/issues)
(the Gitea instance does not allow public sign-ups). Most helpful in a
report: the output of `rb9704 spy on` around the problem, and the modem's
firmware version from `rb9704 info`.
## Disclaimer
This is not an official Ground Control product. Use at your own risk, and
remember that every `send` costs airtime.