Encode-BOCU1
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  Version 0.01 - 29 June 2006

  Encode::BOCU1 is a Perl module for encoding / decoding BOCU-1 string.
  Works as part of Encode.pm.

  BOCU-1 is a MIME-compatible application of the Binary Ordered Compression for Unicode
  [BOCU] base algorithm.

  XS-version module is also available: runs much faster than this pure-perl version.


INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test
  make install

DEPENDENCIES

no dependencies


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This is pure-perl port of "BOCU-1 Sample C Code" on http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn6/
written by Markus W. Scherer on 2002jan24 and licensed under the X license (ICU version).

Ported by Naoya Tozuka <[email protected]>

As with the original C code, this port is licensed under the X license (ICU version).
ICU License : http://dev.icu-project.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/icu/license.html

BOCU "Binary-Ordered Compression For Unicode" is a patent-protected technology of IBM.
(US Patent 6737994)