EP is known to NOT work with 5.8.0, as it has some #defines that break c++ compatibility (it defines std to be perl::std which breaks all STL stuff)
EP is distributed under the LGPL. There's nothing in the files yet saying that, though.
The current version of EP is 0.1.0. This is alpha-quality software. It seems to mostly work, but is not heavily tested. The API is decent, but may change in the near future if problems or better solutions arise.
Documentation for EP can be found in the EP download. Look for ProgrammingGuide.txt in the base directory. Here's a copy from version: 0.5.0
Contact me at xaxxon@TAKECAPITALIZEDPARTOUTslackworks.com with any questions/comments/bug reports.
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