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@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ + pthreads-win32 - a POSIX threads library for Microsoft Windows + + +This file is Copyrighted +------------------------ + + This file is covered under the following Copyright: + + Copyright (C) 2001 Ross P. Johnson + All rights reserved. + + Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies + of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. + +Pthreads-win32 is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License +------------------------------------------------------------------ + + Pthreads-win32 is open software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License + as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 of the + License. + + Pthreads-win32 is several binary link libraries, several modules, + associated interface definition files and scripts used to control + its compilation and installation. + + Pthreads-win32 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. + + A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License is distributed with + pthreads-win32 under the filename: + + COPYING.LIB + + You should have received a copy of the version 2.1 GNU Lesser General + Public License with pthreads-win32; if not, write to: + + Free Software Foundation, Inc. + 59 Temple Place + Suite 330 + Boston, MA 02111-1307 + USA + + The contact addresses for pthreads-win32 is as follows: + + Web: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32 + Email: Ross Johnson <rpj@ise.canberra.edu.au>, or + Ross.Johnson@canberra.edu.au + + + +Pthreads-win32 copyrights and exception files +--------------------------------------------- + + With the exception of the files listed below, Pthreads-win32 + is covered under the following GNU Lesser General Public License + Copyrights: + + Copyright (C) 1998 Ben Elliston and Ross Johnson + Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 Ross Johnson + + Please note that the names given in the Copyright above do not + imply authorship of the source code. The names of all + substantial contributors of intellectual works incorporated + in the pthreads-win32 distribution are listed in the file + CONTRIBUTORS. + + These files are not covered under one of the Copyrights listed above: + + COPYING + COPYING.LIB + tests/rwlock7.c + + This file, COPYING, is distributed under the Copyright found at the + top of this file. It is important to note that you may distribute + verbatim copies of this file but you may not modify this file. + + The file COPYING.LIB, which contains a copy of the version 2.1 + GNU Lesser General Public License, is itself copyrighted by the + Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please note that the Free Software + Foundation, Inc. does NOT have a copyright over Pthreads-win32, + only the COPYING.LIB that is supplied with pthreads-win32. + + The file tests/rwlock7.c is derived from code written by + Dave Butenhof for his book 'Programming With POSIX(R) Threads'. + The original code was obtained by free download from his website + http://home.earthlink.net/~anneart/family/Threads/source.html + and did not contain a copyright or author notice. It is assumed to + be freely distributable. + + In all cases one may use and distribute these exception files freely. + And because one may freely distribute the LGPL covered files, the + entire pthreads-win32 source may be freely used and distributed. + + + +General Copyleft and License info +--------------------------------- + + For general information on Copylefts, see: + + http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/ + + For information on GNU Lesser General Public Licenses, see: + + http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html + http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt + + +Why pthreads-win32 did not use the GNU General Public License +------------------------------------------------------------- + + The goal of the pthreads-win32 project has been to + provide a quality and complete implementation of the POSIX + threads API for Microsoft Windows within the limits imposed + by virtue of it being a stand-alone library and not + linked directly to other POSIX compliant libraries. For + example, some functions and features, such as those based + on POSIX signals, are missing. + + Pthreads-win32 is a library, available in several different + versions depending on supported compilers, and may be used + as a dynamically linked module or a statically linked set of + binary modules. It is not an application on it's own. + + It was fully intended that pthreads-win32 be usable with + commercial software not covered by either the GPL or the LGPL + licenses. Pthreads-win32 has many contributors to it's + code base, many of whom have done so because they have + used the library in commercial or proprietry software + projects. + + Releasing pthreads-win32 under the LGPL ensures that the + library can be used widely, while at the same time ensures + that bug fixes and improvements to the pthreads-win32 code + itself is returned to benefit all current and future users + of the library. + + Although pthreads-win32 makes it possible for applications + that use POSIX threads to be ported to Win32 platforms, the + broader goal of the project is to encourage the use of open + standards, and in particular, to make it just a little easier + for developers writing Win32 applications to consider + widening the potential market for their products. |