              ROSETTA - RIGOROUS DATABASE PORTABILITY
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by Darren Duncan <perl@DarrenDuncan.net>

CONTENTS

* Preface
* Keeping Up To Date
* Dependencies
* Support
* Credits
* Copyright And License

PREFACE

See the files lib/Rosetta.pm and lib/Rosetta/Framework.pod for the main Rosetta
documentation.  The "Rosetta" framework is divided across multiple
distributions, and the distribution you are holding now includes its core
modules, plus Rosetta::Validator.  All of the other *.pod and *.pm files have
framework or individual module documentation in POD format, so you should read
those too.  The distribution also includes a ChangeLog file to say what changes
already happened, and a TODO file to say what changes have yet to happen.  The
file INSTALL should help with installation issues.  Read below for how to get
support or keep up to date, know this distribution's dependencies, or read the
credits or copyright and license.

KEEPING UP TO DATE

My module set is constantly under development.  You should be able to find the
newest versions at my website, "http://www.DarrenDuncan.net", on the page called
"Perl Libraries I Made" (name subject to change).  They can also be found on CPAN
under the author name of "DUNCAND".  

I am inclined to update the copies on my web site more often, but those
intermediate versions are more likely to have been tested less, and the modules
may be updated day by day without increasing the version numbers.  However, the
copies on CPAN are guaranteed to have unique version numbers when the module has
changed.

DEPENDENCIES

Perl Version: 5.006

Standard Modules: none

Nonstandard Modules: 

	Locale::KeyedText 0.06 (for error messages)
	SQL::SyntaxModel 0.38

This module doesn't require anything else.

SUPPORT

Currently I don't have any support arranged with other people, lists, newsgroups,
or otherwise.  Feel free to ask me if you can't figure things out on your own, or
another person whom you know has used this.  I may start a mailing list for 
support issues later, so that users of my modules can help each other with them.

CREDITS

None besides myself so far.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This file is part of the Rosetta database portability library.

Rosetta is Copyright (c) 1999-2004, Darren R. Duncan.  All rights reserved.
Address comments, suggestions, and bug reports to B<perl@DarrenDuncan.net>, or
visit "http://www.DarrenDuncan.net" for more information.

Rosetta is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 as published by the
Free Software Foundation (http://www.fsf.org/).  You should have received a
copy of the GPL as part of the Rosetta distribution, in the file named
"LICENSE"; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

Linking Rosetta statically or dynamically with other modules is making a
combined work based on Rosetta.  Thus, the terms and conditions of the GPL
cover the whole combination.  As a special exception, the copyright holders of
Rosetta give you permission to link Rosetta with independent modules,
regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and
distribute the resulting combined work under terms of your choice, provided
that every copy of the combined work is accompanied by a complete copy of the
source code of Rosetta (the version of Rosetta used to produce the combined
work), being distributed under the terms of the GPL plus this exception.  An
independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on Rosetta,
and which is fully useable when not linked to Rosetta in any form.

Any versions of Rosetta that you modify and distribute must carry prominent
notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any changes, in
addition to preserving this original copyright notice and other credits.
Rosetta 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.

While it is by no means required, the copyright holders of Rosetta would
appreciate being informed any time you create a modified version of Rosetta
that you are willing to distribute, because that is a practical way of
suggesting improvements to the standard version.

FIN

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