Copyright (C) 2001 by Jason Hunter <jhunter@servlets.com>.
All rights reserved.

The source code, object code, and documentation in the com.oreilly.servlet package is copyright and owned by Jason Hunter.

Feel free to use the com.oreilly.servlet package in the development of any non-commercial project. For this use you are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable limited license at no cost. (Yep, free.)

If you are interested in using the package to benefit a commercial project, you are granted the same license, provided that every person on the development team for that project owns a copy of the book Java Servlet Programming (O'Reilly) in its most recent edition. The most recent edition is currently the 2nd Edition, available in association with Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596000405/jasonhunter.

Redistribution of the com.oreilly.servlet package is permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

  1. You redistribute the package in object code form only (as Java .class files or a .jar file containing the .class files) and only as part of a product that uses the classes as part of its primary functionality.

  2. You reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

To clarify, you may use the com.oreilly.servlet package to build new software and may distribute the package in object code form as part of this software. You may NOT distribute the package as part of a software development kit, other library, or development tool without consent of the copyright holder. Any modified form of the com.oreilly.servlet package is bound by these same restrictions. (I don't want multiple versions making the rounds.)

Note that the com.oreilly.servlet package is provided "as is" and the author will not be liable for any damages suffered as a result of your use. (You won't sue me.) Furthermore, you understand the package comes without any technical support. (You won't pester me.)

You can always find the latest version of the com.oreilly.servlet package at http://www.servlets.com.

Just to make sure my butt is covered:

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
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 AUTHOR OR 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.

Thanks,
Jason Hunter <jhunter@servlets.com>