This file is meant for developers who are interested in the Lithic Personal Chatware Plugin Software Development Kit (LPC PI SDK), which is available free from Lithic Software Corporation.

The LPC PI SDK lets you quickly convert your applications or applets to plugins.  The client takes care of instantiation, instance control, focus, transport, determining which player has the token first, and many other services.

This readme covers the following topics:

Contest
Registering as a developer
Software Development Kit
 


Contest
Lithic Software Corporation is sponsoring a contest for developers who develop new plugins.

All of the top ten place winners will receive Lithic Software baseball caps.  The top three place winners will also receive a month of free advertising on Lithic Personal Chatware.  In addition to these two prizes, the top place winner will receive US$100 in prize money.

Each of the top plugins will be considered for bundling with the initial release of the production version.  The plugins will not be bundled without the consent of the developer.

This contest is void were prohibited by law.  All decisions are final.  Exclusions apply.  For details, refer to http://www.lithic.com/java/contest.html


Registering as a developer

Registering as a plugin developer is free.  To register as a developer, see the following online file:
http://www.lithic.com/java/developers.html
 


Software Development Kit

When you register, you will be sent a link to a page where you can dowload the LPC PI SDK.  The link changes often.  Do not share the SDK, each person who develops plugins should get their own Developer ID.