This is the README file for Parse::Binary, a module for unpacking
binary data structures into object hierarchies.

Please type "perldoc Parse::Binary" after installation to see
the module usage information.

* Installation

Parse::Binary uses the standard perl module install process:

cpansign -v		# optional; see SIGNATURE for details
perl Makefile.PL
make			# or 'nmake' on Win32
make test
make install

* Copyright

The Parse::Binary module is under the following license:

Copyright 2004, 2006 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.

(See the "Artistic" file included in this distribution.)

* Copyright for derived works

Two modules included in this distribution, Parse::Binary::FixedFormat
and Parse::Binary::FixedFormat::Variants, are derived from the
Data::FixedFormat module, also available from CPAN.  They are under
the following license:

Copyright 2004, 2006 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.
Copyright (C) 2000,2002 Thomas Pfau.  All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

(See the "COPYING" file included in this distribution.)