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 This repo contains everything you need to build a digital Photo Frame using a Raspberry Pi
 
+# Project Status
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+This is very much a Work In Progress project. Early prototype builds (see [notes.txt](notes.txt)) based on rough documenation are online and being tested.
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+Additional tuning, documentation and integrations will be added to the repo over time.
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 # Licensing
 
 Unless otherwise stated all source code is licensed under the Apache 2 License (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).