# HG changeset patch
# User Maxim Dounin <mdounin@mdounin.ru>
# Date 1215135338 -14400
# Node ID 91985471307e5b6a8f6971407194b81c04b114ae
# Parent  be5e612dd6026423d03f675cbd273258509de9c6
Add license and some minimal documentation.

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+/* 
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Maxim Dounin
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. 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.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+ * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+ * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ * SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
diff --git a/README b/README
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+Bytes module for nginx.
+
+This module was designed to allow easy access to range of file data.  It
+searches request arguments for 'bytes=...' and return requested range.  All
+requested data is returned concatinated in single reply, with apropriate
+Content-Length set.
+
+All of the above allows to do nasty things with regular files and even
+proxied replies, including things like flv streaming.  E.g. one may use
+something like this instead of flv module:
+
+    location /video/ {
+        bytes on;
+        if ($args ~ "start=(\d+)") {
+            set  $args  "bytes=0-12,$1-";
+        }
+    }
+
+Argument bytes= must contain range specification as defined in RFC 2616,
+"14.35.1 Byte Ranges", with the following exceptions:
+
+    1. Whitespaces aren't permitted.
+
+    1. Ranges must not overlap and must be monothonic.  E.g. something
+       like "bytes=10-20,0-10" isn't premitted.
+
+To compile nginx with bytes module, use "--add-module <path>" option to nginx
+configure.