(From http://woodstox.codehaus.org/4.2.0/release-notes/README) -------------- Woodstox is an XML-parser that allows parsing of XML documents in so-called pull mode (aka "pull parsing"). It specifically implements StAX 1.0 API: http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=173 which defines what is closest to being the J2xE standard for XML pull parsers. Woodstox was originally written by Tatu Saloranta (. Woodstox licensing is explained in file LICENSE; be sure to read it to understand licensing. Contributions to the source code need to be made as specified by the License; so that they can be distributed according to the License terms. -------------- (From http://svn.codehaus.org/woodstox/wstx/trunk/release-notes/asl/LICENSE) -------------- This copy of Woodstox XML processor is licensed under the Apache (Software) License, version 2.0 ("the License"). See the License for details about distribution rights, and the specific rights regarding derivate works. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/ A copy is also included with both the the downloadable source code package and jar that contains class bytecodes, as file "ASL 2.0". In both cases, that file should be located next to this file: in source distribution the location should be "release-notes/asl"; and in jar "META-INF/" --------------