Stolen from IRC, written by bored developers. This code is protected under the SPL, Shit Public License. It isn't worth shit, so if you try to use it for shit and it doesn't do shit, then don't give me shit about it or else I'll tell you to eat shit. ishiboo: this one is better commercially, because companies know where they stand -- they don't have to figure out how much shit to give him because the license spells out how much: none. softweyr wonders if it meets the open source definition.