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 2004-2009 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 2004-2009 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.)