License and README.

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+Copyright (c) 2006-2007, Talis Group Ltd.
+Copyright (c) 2008-2009, Index Data.
+All rights reserved.
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+    * Neither the name of Index Data nor the names of its contributors
+      may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
+      software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY
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+

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+yaz4j is a Java wrapper for the ZOOM API of YAZ. This allows developers
+to write Z39.50 clients in Java.
+
+yaz4j is distributed under the revised BSD license.
+
+Copyright (C) 2006-2007, Talis Group Ltd.
+Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Index Data.
+See LICENSE for details.
+
+In order to built yaz4j the Java JDK, ant, YAZ and Swig must be installed.
+The exact process varies from platform to platform.
+
+For example, on Ubuntu/Debian the following installs the components:
+  apt-get install sun-java6-jdk ant libyaz3-dev swig
+
+The compilation is a two-step process. The environment variable JAVA_HOME
+should point to the Java JDK of your preference. For example,
+  export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
+
+Build the shared libary (.so) with:
+  cd libyaz4j
+  ./build.sh
+
+Rest is built by ant which reads build.xml:
+  cd ..
+  ant
+
+If you network-connected you should be able to run tests with:
+  ant unit-test