ossp-pkg/sa/README
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OSSP sa - Socket Abstraction
Version 1.2.6 (03-Oct-2005)
ABSTRACT
OSSP sa is an abstraction library for the Unix socket application
programming interface (API) featuring stream and datagram oriented
communication over Unix Domain and Internet Domain (TCP and UDP)
sockets. It provides the following key features: address abstraction
(local, IPv4, and IPv6), type abstraction, I/O timeouts, I/O stream
buffering and convenience I/O functions.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
Copyright (c) 2001-2006 The OSSP Project <http://www.ossp.org/>
Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Cable & Wireless <http://www.cw.com/>
This file is part of OSSP sa, a socket abstraction library which
can be found at http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/sa/.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that
the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
copies.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
HOME AND DOCUMENTATION
The documentation and latest release can be found on
o http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/sa/
o ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/sa/
