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/*
- * $Header: /home/jerenkrantz/tmp/commons/commons-convert/cvs/home/cvs/jakarta-commons//collections/Attic/LICENSE,v 1.1 2002/04/02 16:20:36 morgand Exp $
+ * $Header: /home/jerenkrantz/tmp/commons/commons-convert/cvs/home/cvs/jakarta-commons//collections/LICENSE.txt,v 1.1 2002/07/25 02:36:45 jvanzyl Exp $
* $Revision: 1.1 $
- * $Date: 2002/04/02 16:20:36 $
+ * $Date: 2002/07/25 02:36:45 $
*
* ====================================================================
- *
+ *
* The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
*
- * Copyright (c) 1999-2001 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2001 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights
* reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
* are met:
*
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
*
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@
* distribution.
*
* 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if
- * any, must include the following acknowlegement:
- * "This product includes software developed by the
+ * any, must include the following acknowlegement:
+ * "This product includes software developed by the
* Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)."
* Alternately, this acknowlegement may appear in the software itself,
* if and wherever such third-party acknowlegements normally appear.
*
* 4. The names "The Jakarta Project", "Commons", and "Apache Software
* Foundation" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived
- * from this software without prior written permission. For written
+ * from this software without prior written permission. For written
* permission, please contact apache@apache.org.
*
* 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Apache"
@@ -57,9 +57,4 @@
* information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
*
+The introduction of the Collections API by Sun in JDK 1.2 has been a
+boon to quick and effective Java programming. Ready access to
+powerful data structures has accelerated development by reducing the
+need for custom container classes around each core object. Most Java2
+APIs are significantly easier to use because of the Collections API.
+
+However, there are certain holes left unfilled by Sun's
+implementations, and the Jakarta-Commons Collections Component strives
+to fulfill them. Among the features of this package are:
+
+
+
+An alphabetical list of the package can be found in the collections +status document. +
+ ++The JavaDoc API documents are available online. +
+