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## Quick Information
-This RepRap firmware is a mashup between Sprinter, grbl and many original parts.
-
-Derived from Sprinter and Grbl by Erik van der Zalm.
-Sprinters lead developers are Kliment and caru.
-Grbls lead developer is Simen Svale Skogsrud. Sonney Jeon (Chamnit) improved some parts of grbl
-A fork by bkubicek for the Ultimaker was merged, and further development was aided by him.
-Some features have been added by:
-Lampmaker, Bradley Feldman, and others...
+This is a firmware for reprap single-processor electronics setups.
+It also works on the Ultimaker PCB. It supports printing from SD card+Folders, and look-ahead trajectory planning.
+This firmware is a mashup between [Sprinter](https://github.com/kliment/Sprinter), [grbl](https://github.com/simen/grbl) and many original parts.
## Current Status: Bug Fixing
+The Marlin development is currently revived. There's a long list of reported issues and pull requests, which we are working on currently.
+We are actively looking for testers. So please try the current development version and report new issues and feedback.
+
[](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/2224)
[](https://travis-ci.org/MarlinFirmware/Marlin)
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__Google Hangouts:__ https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/event/cps5d0ru0iruhl6ebqbk9dpqpa4?authuser=0&hl=da
+## Credits
+
+Sprinters lead developers are Kliment and caru.
+Grbls lead developer is Simen Svale Skogsrud. Sonney Jeon (Chamnit) improved some parts of grbl
+A fork by bkubicek for the Ultimaker was merged, and further development was aided by him.
+Some features have been added by:
+Lampmaker, Bradley Feldman, and others...
+
## Licence
Marlin is published unde the [GPL license](/Documentation/COPYING.md) because I believe in open development.