Pichat Readme

Overview:

1.  Pichat peer to peer chat software
2.  Piratson public license
3.  Security and firewall
4.  Installation notes
5.  Credits

1. Pichat peer to peer chat software

Chat with friends and meet new people. Pichat is a software to communicate and exchange information. It comes with integrated webchat, web server, plugin support and runs on multiple platforms (Linux/BSD/Windows).

Pichat is available at http://www.pichat.net

2. Piratson public license

My friends may use this software, if you are in doubt do not use it. Unmodified distribution is permitted between my friends. You agree that spammers have a small penis. No warranty, you run at your own risk.

Please contact me if any conditions of this licensing are not clear to you. Alternative licensing on request.

3. Security and firewall

I strongly recommend that you do not run Pichat without a proper protection on the Internet. If you are having connection problems first enable ports 9009 TCP and 80 TCP on your firewall, secondly try to configure proxy settings (e.g. at office). It's best to consult a networking specialist or your internet provider for help.

Please update Pichat and your operating system regular, apply all security patches, run anti-virus and anti-spyware software frequently. Do not chat unprotected!

4. Installation notes

Download the correct Pichat version for your operating system. If you have a previous Pichat version installed just overwrite the old files. To uninstall simply delete all Pichat files. On Linux/BSD no files outside your home directory have been created, on Windows no registry entries have been created.

Linux/BSD: available as chat server (i586 compatible CPU)
Windows: available as chat software (i386 compatible CPU)

For further information please see Pichat website.

5. Credits

This software uses or depends on zlib compression library, misc GNU tools, a SHA256 implementation by Brian Gladman and a PNG decoder by David Fehrmann.

Greetings to Brian, CorraSan, Domk, Erick, Feyd, Iamnacho, Jamie, JoeBlack, Magnus, Marion, Mattze, Mnem, Moon_Sky, Morgwen, Phantomix, Protector, Rickard, Spooky, Stoa, TheOne.

Thousand thanks for testing, suggestions, ideas and helpful feedback!!! :)
Made in Germany, Sweden and Scotland with fresh pizza, coke and coffee.

Created by Mark Seuffert. Use and enjoy.