# JacORB - the free Java ORB

> ## License

> For copyright information please see the file LICENSE, which contains the GNU Public Library License plus the license files of any third-party software contained in this disctribution.

> In `src/java_cup` there are a few classes from the Java_Cup parser generator that are necessary to run the IDL compiler. These are redistributed here with permission from Scott Hudson. The source code for the trading service is copyrighted (GNU) by Object Oriented Concepts (OOC), Inc. and redistributed here in accordance with the GNU license. The source files in `java_mapping` replace some of the automatically generated classes in `org/omg` according to the rules of the Java language mapping.

> ## Installation

> For installation (and optional building) instructions please see the installation documentation and the Programming Guide available in the doc/ subdirectory and from the JacORB web pages at www.jacorb.org. For release notes see the file REL_NOTES. The build file in this directory can be used to remake and recompile all of CORBA and the CorbaServices Naming, Trading, Transaction and Events.

> After installation, please have a go at the examples in `demo/`. In `idl/omg` we provide the complete IDL text of all of COSS for you to play with.

> ## Documentation

> - JacORB Programming Guide.
> - API Documentation

Gerald Brose, gerald.brose@acm.org, May 2004.