updated license with clearer information
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 7ba548c..ca2bfe1 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
-This is the LICENSE file for JsonCpp, a C++ library implementing a
-JSON format reader and writer.
+The JsonCpp library's source code, including accompanying documentation,
+tests and demonstration applications, are licensed under the following
+conditions...
-Author: Baptiste Lepilleur
+The author (Baptiste Lepilleur) explicitly disclaims copyright in all
+jurisdictions which recognize such a disclaimer. In such jurisdictions,
+this software is released into the Public Domain.
-The license for this library's code is as follows:
+In jurisdictions which do not recognize Public Domain property (e.g. Germany as of
+2010), this software is Copyright (c) 2007-2010 by Baptiste Lepilleur, and is
+released under the terms of the MIT License (see below).
- - If the code is used in a jurisdiction where Public Domain
- property is regonized, then this code may be considered to be
- in the Public Domain. Its author expressly disclaims copyright
- in jurisdictions where such a disclaimer is allowed.
+In jurisdictions which recognize Public Domain property, the user of this
+software may choose to accept it either as 1) Public Domain, 2) under the
+conditions of the MIT License (see below), or 3) under the terms of dual
+Public Domain/MIT License conditions described here, as they choose.
- - If the code is used in a jurisdiction which does not recognize
- Public Domain, the code must be used in terms with the MIT license,
- as described clearly and concisely at:
+The MIT License is about as close to Public Domain as a license can get, and is
+described in clear, concise terms at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
-
- and reproduced in full below.
-
- - If the code is used in a jurisdiction which recognizes Public
- Domain, the user may instead use the code under the terms of the
- MIT license.
-
- The MIT licensing terms follow:
+
+The full text of the MIT License follows:
========================================================================
Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Baptiste Lepilleur
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 63b43b1..7c39c81 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@
- The type Json::ArrayIndex is used for indexes of a JSON value array. It
is an unsigned int (typically 32 bits).
+* Tests
+
+ - Added test to ensure that the escape sequence "\/" is corrected handled
+ by the parser.
+
* License
- See file LICENSE for details. Basically JsonCpp is now licensed under
MIT license, or public domain if desired and recognized in your jurisdiction.
+ Thanks to Stephan G. Beal [http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/]) who
+ helped figuring out the solution to the public domain issue.
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 5c3b334..dc4e341 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
See doxybuild.py --help for options.
+Notes that the documentation is also available for download as a tarball.
+The documentation of the latest release is available online at:
+http://jsoncpp.sourceforge.net/
+
* Adding a reader/writer test:
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