The author and Lithic Software Corporation assume no liability for the use of Lithic Personal Chatware.  It is distributed without any warrantee of any type.

This application and the accompanying documentation may not be distributed for profit or on CD without the express written consent of the copyright holder. The application and documentation are Copyright 1998 Lithic Software Corporation, all rights reserved.  Decompilation and/or reverse engineering are violations of license.
 
This readme and linked files cover the following topics:
Using Plugins
Support
Security
Custom Programming
 
Using Plugins

After you have downloaded and started to use Lithic Personal Chatware (LPC), you may want to see what plugins are available.  Plugins not work with the client or server distributed with LPC 0.9.8.  Plugins are available from Lithic Software Corporation (LSC) and third parties.  A current list of plugins that have been registered with LSC is available at:
http://www.lithic.com/java/plugins.html

Note:  To use plugins, you need to be using version 0.9.9 of the chatware, which includes 1.1.0 of the Lithic Personal Chat Server.

At the moment, there are very few, but new plugins are being developed, so it is worth checking periodically.

To install the plugins, please refer to the readme.html file, or other documentation, distributed with the plugin.

To start using a plugin, you will need to select the people you want to use the plugin from the list of chatters.  To select them, just click on their name.  You do not need to select your own name.  Make sure the plugin you want to use is selected in the drop down list at the bottom right of the chat card.  Then click use plugin.  This send an invitation to use the plugin to everybody you have selected (including you).
 

Support

To see if support is available for a given plugin, contact the vendor.  Lithic Software Corporation does not provide support for any plugins other than our own.

Security
 
You should be wary of accepting plugins from unknown sources.  You should not use plugins that are produced by vendors that have not registered with LSC.  Registration does not mean or imply that a vendor has been screened in any way.  A list of available plugins is available at:
http://www.lithic.com/java/plugins.html

Plugins run on your computer and you should treat them with the same caution that you treat any software that you download.

Custom Programming of Plugins

Lithic Software Corporation provides custom programming services in Java.  If you have a need for a plugin and you would like to contract out its development, please contact us at java@lithic.com.