README

                          Apache Shindig

  What is it?
  -----------

  Shindig is a JavaScript container and implementations of the backend APIs
  and proxy required for hosting OpenSocial applications.

  Documentation
  -------------

  The most up-to-date documentation can be found at http://shindig.apache.org.

  Read BUILD-JAVA for instructions on how to build and run the Java server.

  Read java/README for instructions on how to run a Java gadget server.

  Read php/README for instructions on how to run a php gadget server.

  Read javascript/README for instructions for using the Shindig Gadget Container 
  JavaScript to enable your page to render Gadgets.

  Read features/README for instructions on how to use features.

  Licensing
  ---------

  Please see the file called LICENSE in the java and php directories.

  Shindig URLS
  ------------

  Home Page:          http://shindig.apache.org/
  Downloads:          http://shindig.apache.org/download/index.html
  Mailing Lists:      http://shindig.apache.org/mail-lists.html
  Source Code:        http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig
  Issue Tracking:     https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG
  Wiki:               http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SHINDIG/


This distribution includes cryptographic software.  The country in
which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import,
possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of
encryption software.  BEFORE using any encryption software, please
check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the
import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to
see if this is permitted.  See <http://www.wassenaar.org/> for more
information.

The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity
Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security
software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric
algorithms.  The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation
distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception
ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS
Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object
code and source code.

The following provides more details on the included cryptographic
software:

    Apache Shindig PHP interfaces with the mcrypt API
    <http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/> to provide encryption
    of messages using the AES standard.

    Apache Shindig interfaces with the Java JCE APIs to provide
    encryption of messages using the AES standard.