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  SA - Socket Abstraction Library
  Version 0.1.0 (13-Sep-2001)

  ABSTRACT

  The OSSP SA library is an abstraction library for the Unix socket
  interface featuring stream and datagram oriented communication over
  Unix Domain and Internet Domain sockets. It provides the following key
  features: address abstraction, type abstraction, I/O timeouts, I/O
  stream buffering and convinience I/O functions.

  COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

  Copyright (c) 2001 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
  Copyright (c) 2001 The OSSP Project <http://www.ossp.org/>
  Copyright (c) 2001 Cable & Wireless Deutschland <http://www.cw.com/de/>

  This file is part of OSSP SA, a socket abstraction library which
  can be found at http://www.ossp.org/pkg/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/sa/
  o  ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/sa/