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7  OSSP uuid - Universally Unique Identifier
8  Version 1.6.2 (04-Jul-2008)
9
10  ABSTRACT
11
12  OSSP uuid is a ISO-C:1999 application programming interface (API)
13  and corresponding command line interface (CLI) for the generation of
14  DCE 1.1, ISO/IEC 11578:1996 and IETF RFC-4122 compliant Universally
15  Unique Identifier (UUID). It supports DCE 1.1 variant UUIDs of version
16  1 (time and node based), version 3 (name based, MD5), version 4
17  (random number based) and version 5 (name based, SHA-1). Additional
18  API bindings are provided for the languages ISO-C++:1998, Perl:5 and
19  PHP:4/5. Optional backward compatibility exists for the ISO-C DCE-1.1
20  and Perl Data::UUID APIs.
21
22  UUIDs are 128 bit numbers which are intended to have a high likelihood
23  of uniqueness over space and time and are computationally difficult
24  to guess. They are globally unique identifiers which can be locally
25  generated without contacting a global registration authority. UUIDs
26  are intended as unique identifiers for both mass tagging objects
27  with an extremely short lifetime and to reliably identifying very
28  persistent objects across a network.
29
30  COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
31
32  Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
33  Copyright (c) 2004-2008 The OSSP Project <http://www.ossp.org/>
34
35  This file is part of OSSP uuid, a library for the generation
36  of UUIDs which can found at http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
37
38  Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
39  any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that
40  the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
41  copies.
42
43  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
44  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
45  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
46  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR
47  CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
48  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
49  LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
50  USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
51  ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
52  OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
53  OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
54  SUCH DAMAGE.
55
56  HOME AND DOCUMENTATION
57
58  The documentation and latest release can be found on
59
60  o http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
61  o  ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
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