change license from PY to BSD

- update doc files to rst
- small updates

Author: zsquareplusc

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+==========================
+ pyParallel Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Version 0.1     29 Jul 2002
+---------------------------
+- added to CVS
+
+Version 0.2     27 Jan 2005
+---------------------------
+- Windows version now using ctypes
+
+Version ...     ...
+---------------------------
+- add setDataDir to Windows backend
+- [SF 2785532] add getData for ppdev backend
+

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+pyParallel [in developement]
+============================
+
+Overview
+--------
+This module encapsulates the access for the parallel port. It provides
+backends for Python running on Windows and Linux. Other platforms are
+possible too but not yet integrated.
+
+This module is still under developement. But it may be useful for
+developers.
+The windows version needs a compiled extension and the giveio.sys driver
+for Windows NT/2k/XP. It uses ctypes to access functions in a prebuilt DLL.
+
+It is released under a free software license, see LICENSE.txt for more
+details.
+
+(C) 2001-2016 Chris Liechti [email protected]
+
+Homepage: https://github.com/pyserial/pyparallel
+
+
+Features
+--------
+ * same class based interface on all supported platforms
+ * port numbering starts at zero, no need to know the port name in the
+   user program
+ * port string (device name) can be specified if access through numbering
+   is inappropriate
+
+
+Requirements
+------------
+ * Python 2.2 or newer
+ * "Java Communications" (JavaComm) extension for Java/Jython
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+Extract files from the archive, open a shell/console in that directory and
+let Disutils do the rest::
+
+    python setup.py install
+
+
+Short introduction
+------------------
+::
+
+    >>> import parallel
+    >>> p = parallel.Parallel()  # open LPT1
+    >>> p.setData(0x55)
+
+
+Examples
+--------
+Please look in the GIT Repository. There is an example directory where you
+can find a simple terminal and more.
+https://github.com/pyserial/pyparallel/tree/master/examples
+
+
+References
+----------
+ * Python: http://www.python.org
+ * Jython: http://www.jython.org
+ * Java@IBM http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/ (JavaComm
+   links are on the download page for the respecive platform jdk)
+ * Java@SUN http://java.sun.com/products/