The Tiny Converter, in the following often referenced as TC, is a little package of software, which can be used to convert incoming EDIFACT messages to other data formats.
For more detailed information about EDIFACT itself, just take a look to
http://www.unece.org/trade/untdid/ - UNITED NATIONS DIRECTORIES FOR ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE FOR ADMINISTRATION, COMMERCE AND TRANSPORT
http://www.edifactory.de - The EDIFACT resource
The initial release of the Tiny Converter was created simply to get a deeper understanding of the EDIFACT syntax. This release was never published and was never really useful. But the more I learned about the EDIFACT syntax, the more I thought about a converter which is really able to do its job in a non-educational environment. Than, the first published release, the 0.02.0, was created. It was written on a Linux box but I made some #defines so it could be compiled with the Borland C++Builder 4.0. Starting with the new release (0.10.0) I have decided to no longer support a non-gcc compiler. That's simply because there is no Windows on my machines anymore so I cannot test it (Who pays for W2K and BCC?). Nevertheless I will keep writing code which should be portable (with more or less headache).
This software is open source. That means you have a lot of rights but a few duties too. First of all, you do not need to pay for the software. Take it and use it. Modify it, correct it (I know there a lot of bugs in), send me the patches so the community can participate of our/your work! But don't take the code and sell it or the binary of it in your name! Also, do not remove the copyright remarks in the source headers. More details about this kind of license you can read in the GPL, that's the license, under which you can use the software.
Above, I said you need not to pay for the software, but of course, you are allowed to do so! Make a donation to the Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative OSI or any open source project you may want to sponsor. As you may know, every open source project and most of their members has a notorious lack of monetary resources. Me too!