                                  HydraCom Version 1.00

                             A sample implementation of the
                       HYDRA Bi-Directional File Transfer Protocol

                                 HydraCom was written by
                       Arjen G. Lentz, LENTZ SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT
                      COPYRIGHT (C) 1991-1993; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

                           The HYDRA protocol was designed by
                     Arjen G. Lentz, LENTZ SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT and
                                 Joaquim H. Homrighausen
                      COPYRIGHT (C) 1991-1993; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      DISCLAIMER

      This program is provided "as is" and comes with no warranties of any
      kind, either expressed or implied. In no event shall the authors be
      liable to you or anyone else for any damages, including any lost
      profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages
      arising out of the use or inability to use this software.

      HYDRACOM / SOURCE LICENSE

      HydraCom, its associated utilities (HydraCfg) and the HydraCom
      sourcecode may be freely distributed, copied and used, no fee charged.
      All files, executables and sourcecode remain the copyrighted property
      of Arjen G. Lentz and LENTZ SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT.
      The distribution archives should remain intact with no files removed
      or modified. For special purposes, it is allowed to repack the
      archives using a different compression system.

      HydraCom may be bundled up with for instance terminal or BBS packages,
      even commercial ones, provided the buyer/user is clearly informed
      about the fact that Hydra and HydraCom are free, not owned by the
      distributor/retailer in question, and is not included in any possible
      charge regarding the rest of the package. This documentation must also
      be present so the user can inform himself about Hydra and HydraCom.
      The same rules apply to inclusion in shareware and CD-ROM libraries.
      In all cases, the author of HydraCom must be given credit in any
      informational screens and literature that contain such information.

      The Hydra/HydraCom sourcecode may also be freely used and integrated
      into other software or library, provided this is clearly stated in any
      informational screens and literature pertaining to this program, and
      credit is given to the original author. If the sourcecode of that
      program or library is released or otherwise published, the notices
      present at the top of every Hydra/HydraCom source file must be
      retained in their original unmodified form.

      In addition to the above license, everyone using any part of the
      sourcecode, programs or files is fully bound by the general license of
      the Hydra protocol as present in the Hydra protocol description
      document. For easy reference, the paragraph in question is reprinted
      below.

      Any use of, or operation on (including copying/distributing) any of
      the above mentioned files implies full and unconditional acceptance of
      this license and disclaimer.

      HYDRA PROTOCOL LICENSE

      You are granted a license to implement the HYDRA file transfer
      protocol, HYDRA hereafter, in your own programs and/or use the sample
      source code and adapt these to your particular situation and needs;
      subject to the following conditions:

       -  You must refer to it as the HYDRA file transfer protocol, and you
          must give credit to the authors of HYDRA in any information
          screens or literature pertaining to your programs that contains
          other such information (credits, your own copyrights, etc.).

       -  HYDRA will always remain backwards compatible with previous
          revisions. HYDRA allows for expansion of its features without
          interfering with previous revisions. It is, however, important
          that different people do not expand the protocol in different
          directions. We therefore ask you to contact us if you have any
          needs/ideas regarding HYDRA, so development can be synchronized
          and beneficial to all.

       -  If your implementation cannot converse with past or future
          revisions as supplied by us, then you must refer to it as "HYDRA
          derived", or as "a variation of HYDRA", or words to that effect.

      Hydra protocol design and HydraCom driver:         Hydra protocol design:
      Arjen G. Lentz                                     Joaquim H. Homrighausen
      LENTZ SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT                         389, route d'Arlon
      Langegracht 7B                                     L-8011 Strassen
      3811 BT  Amersfoort                                Luxembourg
      The Netherlands
      FidoNet 2:283/512, AINEX-BBS +31-33-633916         FidoNet 2:270/17
      arjen_lentz@f512.n283.z2.fidonet.org               joho@ae.lu

      Please feel free to contact us at any time to share your comments about our
      software and/or licensing policies.

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