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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/