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. 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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 , 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: Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32 Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom Copyright(C) 1999,2002 Pthreads-win32 contributors The current list of contributors is contained in the file CONTRIBUTORS included with the source code distribution. The current list of CONTRIBUTORS can also be seen at the following WWW location: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/contributors.html Contact Email: rpj@ise.canberra.edu.au 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.