README

This SDK provides an interface to the Yahoo! Messenger API (http://developer.yahoo.com/messenger/) and a sample GUI app both written in Java.

The Messenger SDK contains certain 3rd party open source libraries and tools.  This file summarizes the tools used, their purpose, and the licenses under which they're released.  

The following 3rd party software package is not distributed as part of this project, but instead is separately downloaded from the respective provider and is only used as part of the separately packaged example code which illustrate how the SDK may be used:

* Light Weight UI Toolkit (LWUIT)
Licensed under GPL with classpath exception
(https://lwuit.dev.java.net/) 

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The following 3rd Party code is included as part of this Project:

* json in Java version 0.5   See http://www.json.org

Copyright (c) 2002 JSON.org

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.