Bug#633689: RFP: optar -- software codec generating 2D barcodes for data storage on paper

[Francois Marier <francois@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : optar
  Version         : 1.0
  Upstream Author : Karel Kulhavy <clock@twibright.com>
* URL             : http://ronja.twibright.com/optar/
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : software codec generating 2D barcodes for data storage on paper

Optar stands for OPTical ARchiver. It's a codec for encoding data on paper or free
software 2D barcode in other words. Optar fits 200kB on an A4 page, then you print
it with a laser printer.
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If you want to read the recording, scan it with a scanner and feed into the decoder
program. A practical level of reliability is ensured using forward error correction
code (FEC).
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Automated processing of page batches facilitates storage of files larger than 200kB.