Open Source Licensing Information

The ThinWire� framework v1.2 RC2 and later is available exclusively under the open source GNU Lesser General Public License.

As formally outlined by the terms of the LGPL, you may use the framework "as-is", "without warranty", and "at no cost" provided that any direct modifications to the framework that you perform are themselves licensed under the LGPL. For the exact requirements of the LGPL, please refer to the LGPL license itself.

About The Software Development Kit (SDK)

Thank you for your interest in downloading the ThinWire® v1.2 RC2 SDK! The SDK includes everything you need to start developing desktop-like applications for the web browser with ThinWire®. The specific things included in the SDK are:

The library in binary form: thinwire.jar
The library in source form: "src" folder
Documentation on the Framework API in javadoc format.
Demo applications with source: Playground, Simple App
A trimmed down version of Apache Tomcat 6.
Total Download Size: 8.6MB, thinwire.jar is only 460K of that.

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(Version 1.2 Release Candidate 2) Release Notes

Other Versions & Files

Latest Snapshot Builds: v1.2_RC2

From time to time we put together a snapshot build of the development trunk for ThinWire®. These builds include all bug fixes or changes since the last official release. Using one of these builds can be a good idea if we've recently fixed a bug that is causing you trouble. However, keep in mind that it's quite possible that little or no testing was done on these builds. Therefore, please do not report any issues you may experience with a development build without first checking to see whether the issue also occurred in the prior major release.

Feedback & Thoughts

Once you've had time to work with ThinWire®, we'd appreciate any feedback you may have. Feel free to drop by our discussion forums, send an email or post a comment to our blog. We're interested in hearing about your experience with the framework and how we might be able to improve it to better meet your needs.

Additionally we are always available for questions from the press or community about ThinWire® or Rich Internet Applications (RIA) based on Ajax techniques. We have a strong belief that there will be a large move in the direction of RIA's over the next few years and we believe that ThinWire® has a role to play in how the community addresses this technology shift.