| [191] | 1 | pthreads-win32 - a POSIX threads library for Microsoft Windows
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| 4 | This file is Copyrighted
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| 5 | ------------------------
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| 6 |
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| 7 | This file is covered under the following Copyright:
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| 8 |
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| 9 | Copyright (C) 2001,2006 Ross P. Johnson
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| 10 | All rights reserved.
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| 11 |
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| 12 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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| 13 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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| 14 |
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| 15 | Pthreads-win32 is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License
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| 16 | ------------------------------------------------------------------
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| 17 |
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| 18 | Pthreads-win32 is open software; you can redistribute it and/or
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| 19 | modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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| 20 | as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 of the
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| 21 | License.
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| 22 |
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| 23 | Pthreads-win32 is several binary link libraries, several modules,
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| 24 | associated interface definition files and scripts used to control
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| 25 | its compilation and installation.
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| 26 |
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| 27 | Pthreads-win32 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| 28 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| 29 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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| 30 | GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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| 31 |
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| 32 | A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License is distributed with
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| 33 | pthreads-win32 under the filename:
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| 34 |
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| 35 | COPYING.LIB
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| 36 |
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| 37 | You should have received a copy of the version 2.1 GNU Lesser General
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| 38 | Public License with pthreads-win32; if not, write to:
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| 39 |
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| 40 | Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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| 41 | 59 Temple Place
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| 42 | Suite 330
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| 43 | Boston, MA 02111-1307
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| 44 | USA
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| 45 |
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| 46 | The contact addresses for pthreads-win32 is as follows:
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| 48 | Web: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32
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| 49 | Email: Ross Johnson
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| 50 | Please use: Firstname.Lastname@homemail.com.au
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| 51 |
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| 54 | Pthreads-win32 copyrights and exception files
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| 55 | ---------------------------------------------
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| 56 |
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| 57 | With the exception of the files listed below, Pthreads-win32
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| 58 | is covered under the following GNU Lesser General Public License
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| 59 | Copyrights:
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| 60 |
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| 61 | Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32
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| 62 | Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom
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| 63 | Copyright(C) 1999,2006 Pthreads-win32 contributors
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| 64 |
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| 65 | The current list of contributors is contained
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| 66 | in the file CONTRIBUTORS included with the source
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| 67 | code distribution. The current list of CONTRIBUTORS
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| 68 | can also be seen at the following WWW location:
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| 69 | http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/contributors.html
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| 70 |
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| 71 | Contact Email: Ross Johnson
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| 72 | Please use: Firstname.Lastname@homemail.com.au
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| 73 |
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| 74 | These files are not covered under one of the Copyrights listed above:
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| 75 |
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| 76 | COPYING
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| 77 | COPYING.LIB
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| 78 | tests/rwlock7.c
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| 79 |
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| 80 | This file, COPYING, is distributed under the Copyright found at the
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| 81 | top of this file. It is important to note that you may distribute
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| 82 | verbatim copies of this file but you may not modify this file.
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| 83 |
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| 84 | The file COPYING.LIB, which contains a copy of the version 2.1
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| 85 | GNU Lesser General Public License, is itself copyrighted by the
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| 86 | Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please note that the Free Software
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| 87 | Foundation, Inc. does NOT have a copyright over Pthreads-win32,
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| 88 | only the COPYING.LIB that is supplied with pthreads-win32.
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| 89 |
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| 90 | The file tests/rwlock7.c is derived from code written by
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| 91 | Dave Butenhof for his book 'Programming With POSIX(R) Threads'.
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| 92 | The original code was obtained by free download from his website
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| 93 | http://home.earthlink.net/~anneart/family/Threads/source.html
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| 94 | and did not contain a copyright or author notice. It is assumed to
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| 95 | be freely distributable.
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| 96 |
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| 97 | In all cases one may use and distribute these exception files freely.
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| 98 | And because one may freely distribute the LGPL covered files, the
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| 99 | entire pthreads-win32 source may be freely used and distributed.
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| 100 |
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| 101 |
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| 102 |
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| 103 | General Copyleft and License info
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| 104 | ---------------------------------
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| 105 |
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| 106 | For general information on Copylefts, see:
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| 107 |
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| 108 | http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
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| 109 |
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| 110 | For information on GNU Lesser General Public Licenses, see:
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| 111 |
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| 112 | http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
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| 113 | http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt
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| 114 |
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| 115 |
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| 116 | Why pthreads-win32 did not use the GNU General Public License
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| 117 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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| 118 |
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| 119 | The goal of the pthreads-win32 project has been to
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| 120 | provide a quality and complete implementation of the POSIX
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| 121 | threads API for Microsoft Windows within the limits imposed
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| 122 | by virtue of it being a stand-alone library and not
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| 123 | linked directly to other POSIX compliant libraries. For
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| 124 | example, some functions and features, such as those based
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| 125 | on POSIX signals, are missing.
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| 126 |
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| 127 | Pthreads-win32 is a library, available in several different
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| 128 | versions depending on supported compilers, and may be used
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| 129 | as a dynamically linked module or a statically linked set of
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| 130 | binary modules. It is not an application on it's own.
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| 131 |
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| 132 | It was fully intended that pthreads-win32 be usable with
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| 133 | commercial software not covered by either the GPL or the LGPL
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| 134 | licenses. Pthreads-win32 has many contributors to it's
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| 135 | code base, many of whom have done so because they have
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| 136 | used the library in commercial or proprietry software
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| 137 | projects.
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| 138 |
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| 139 | Releasing pthreads-win32 under the LGPL ensures that the
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| 140 | library can be used widely, while at the same time ensures
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| 141 | that bug fixes and improvements to the pthreads-win32 code
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| 142 | itself is returned to benefit all current and future users
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| 143 | of the library.
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| 144 |
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| 145 | Although pthreads-win32 makes it possible for applications
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| 146 | that use POSIX threads to be ported to Win32 platforms, the
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| 147 | broader goal of the project is to encourage the use of open
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| 148 | standards, and in particular, to make it just a little easier
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| 149 | for developers writing Win32 applications to consider
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| 150 | widening the potential market for their products.
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