ShiftN Portable 5.0 - source code and licenses
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ShiftN is free software by Marcus Hebel, licensed under the GNU Lesser General
Public License version 3.

In 2026, parts of the software were refactored and modernized with
assistance from AI-based development tools (Claude). All modifications were
reviewed, integrated, and tested by the original author.

This folder contains:
  ShiftN_Source.zip     complete source code of ShiftN 5.0 (Visual Studio 2026
                        solution, including the libraries libjpeg, libpng,
                        libtiff and zlib and the template of this portable
                        package)
  COPYING.LESSER.txt    GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
                        (license of ShiftN)
  COPYING.txt           GNU General Public License version 3
                        (referenced by the LGPL)

Building from the source code
  How to build ShiftN and ShiftN Portable is described in
  readme_how_to_compile_vs2026.txt inside ShiftN_Source.zip. In short
  (Windows, Visual Studio 2026 with C++ and MFC):
  1. Run make_portable.cmd in the source folder. It builds ShiftN and
     assembles the package in dist_portable\ShiftNPortable\.
  2. Run the PortableApps.com Launcher Generator on that folder
     (creates ShiftNPortable.exe).
  3. Optional: run the PortableApps.com Installer on the same folder
     (creates the .paf.exe installer).
  Both tools: https://portableapps.com/development

Portable mode
  The launcher sets the environment variable SHIFTN_SETTINGS to Data\settings.
  ShiftN then keeps all its settings (ShiftN.ini and ShiftN_profile.ini) in
  that folder and does not use the registry or %APPDATA%.
