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diff --git a/lib/public_key/doc/src/introduction.xml b/lib/public_key/doc/src/introduction.xml index bf11a092d8..7babe130d2 100644 --- a/lib/public_key/doc/src/introduction.xml +++ b/lib/public_key/doc/src/introduction.xml @@ -5,20 +5,21 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2008</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2015</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> - The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, - Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in - compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the - Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be - retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" - basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See - the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations - under the License. + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + limitations under the License. The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB. </legalnotice> @@ -36,27 +37,28 @@ <section> <title>Purpose</title> - <p> public_key deals with public key related file formats, digital - signatures and <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5280.txt"> + <p>The Public Key application deals with public-key related file + formats, digital signatures, and <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5280.txt"> X-509 certificates</url>. It is a library application that - provides encode/decode, sign/verify, encrypt/decrypt and similar - functionality, it does not read or write files it expects or returns + provides encode/decode, sign/verify, encrypt/decrypt, and similar + functionality. It does not read or write files, it expects or returns file contents or partial file contents as binaries. </p> </section> <section> <title>Prerequisites</title> - <p>It is assumed that the reader has a basic understanding - of the concepts of using public keys and digital certificates.</p> + <p>It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the Erlang programming + language and has a basic understanding of the concepts of using public-keys + and digital certificates.</p> </section> <section> - <title>Performance tips</title> - <p>The public_key decode and encode functions will try to use the NIFs - which are in the ASN1 compilers runtime modules if they can be found. - So for the best performance you want to have the ASN1 application in the - path of your system. </p> + <title>Performance Tips</title> + <p>The Public Key decode- and encode-functions try to use the NIFs + in the ASN.1 compilers runtime modules, if they can be found. + Thus, to have the ASN1 application in the + path of your system gives the best performance.</p> </section> </chapter> |