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1 pthreads-win32 - a POSIX threads library for Microsoft Windows
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4This file is Copyrighted
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7 This file is covered under the following Copyright:
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9 Copyright (C) 2001,2006 Ross P. Johnson
10 All rights reserved.
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12 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
13 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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15Pthreads-win32 is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License
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18 Pthreads-win32 is open software; you can redistribute it and/or
19 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
20 as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 of the
21 License.
22
23 Pthreads-win32 is several binary link libraries, several modules,
24 associated interface definition files and scripts used to control
25 its compilation and installation.
26
27 Pthreads-win32 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
28 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
29 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
30 GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
31
32 A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License is distributed with
33 pthreads-win32 under the filename:
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35 COPYING.LIB
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37 You should have received a copy of the version 2.1 GNU Lesser General
38 Public License with pthreads-win32; if not, write to:
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40 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
41 59 Temple Place
42 Suite 330
43 Boston, MA 02111-1307
44 USA
45
46 The contact addresses for pthreads-win32 is as follows:
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48 Web: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32
49 Email: Ross Johnson
50 Please use: Firstname.Lastname@homemail.com.au
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52
53
54Pthreads-win32 copyrights and exception files
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56
57 With the exception of the files listed below, Pthreads-win32
58 is covered under the following GNU Lesser General Public License
59 Copyrights:
60
61 Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32
62 Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom
63 Copyright(C) 1999,2006 Pthreads-win32 contributors
64
65 The current list of contributors is contained
66 in the file CONTRIBUTORS included with the source
67 code distribution. The current list of CONTRIBUTORS
68 can also be seen at the following WWW location:
69 http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/contributors.html
70
71 Contact Email: Ross Johnson
72 Please use: Firstname.Lastname@homemail.com.au
73
74 These files are not covered under one of the Copyrights listed above:
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76 COPYING
77 COPYING.LIB
78 tests/rwlock7.c
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80 This file, COPYING, is distributed under the Copyright found at the
81 top of this file. It is important to note that you may distribute
82 verbatim copies of this file but you may not modify this file.
83
84 The file COPYING.LIB, which contains a copy of the version 2.1
85 GNU Lesser General Public License, is itself copyrighted by the
86 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please note that the Free Software
87 Foundation, Inc. does NOT have a copyright over Pthreads-win32,
88 only the COPYING.LIB that is supplied with pthreads-win32.
89
90 The file tests/rwlock7.c is derived from code written by
91 Dave Butenhof for his book 'Programming With POSIX(R) Threads'.
92 The original code was obtained by free download from his website
93 http://home.earthlink.net/~anneart/family/Threads/source.html
94 and did not contain a copyright or author notice. It is assumed to
95 be freely distributable.
96
97 In all cases one may use and distribute these exception files freely.
98 And because one may freely distribute the LGPL covered files, the
99 entire pthreads-win32 source may be freely used and distributed.
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103General Copyleft and License info
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106 For general information on Copylefts, see:
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108 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
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110 For information on GNU Lesser General Public Licenses, see:
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112 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
113 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt
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115
116Why pthreads-win32 did not use the GNU General Public License
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118
119 The goal of the pthreads-win32 project has been to
120 provide a quality and complete implementation of the POSIX
121 threads API for Microsoft Windows within the limits imposed
122 by virtue of it being a stand-alone library and not
123 linked directly to other POSIX compliant libraries. For
124 example, some functions and features, such as those based
125 on POSIX signals, are missing.
126
127 Pthreads-win32 is a library, available in several different
128 versions depending on supported compilers, and may be used
129 as a dynamically linked module or a statically linked set of
130 binary modules. It is not an application on it's own.
131
132 It was fully intended that pthreads-win32 be usable with
133 commercial software not covered by either the GPL or the LGPL
134 licenses. Pthreads-win32 has many contributors to it's
135 code base, many of whom have done so because they have
136 used the library in commercial or proprietry software
137 projects.
138
139 Releasing pthreads-win32 under the LGPL ensures that the
140 library can be used widely, while at the same time ensures
141 that bug fixes and improvements to the pthreads-win32 code
142 itself is returned to benefit all current and future users
143 of the library.
144
145 Although pthreads-win32 makes it possible for applications
146 that use POSIX threads to be ported to Win32 platforms, the
147 broader goal of the project is to encourage the use of open
148 standards, and in particular, to make it just a little easier
149 for developers writing Win32 applications to consider
150 widening the potential market for their products.
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