| pthreads-win32 - a POSIX threads library for Microsoft Windows |
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| This file is covered under the following Copyright: |
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| Copyright (C) 2001,2006 Ross P. Johnson |
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| Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
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| Pthreads-win32 is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License |
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| Pthreads-win32 is open software; you can redistribute it and/or |
| modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License |
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| 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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| 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. |
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| A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License is distributed with |
| pthreads-win32 under the filename: |
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| COPYING.LIB |
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| You should have received a copy of the version 2.1 GNU Lesser General |
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| Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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| The contact addresses for pthreads-win32 is as follows: |
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| Web: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32 |
| Email: Ross Johnson |
| Please use: Firstname.Lastname@homemail.com.au |
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| Pthreads-win32 copyrights and exception files |
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| With the exception of the files listed below, Pthreads-win32 |
| is covered under the following GNU Lesser General Public License |
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| Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32 |
| Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom |
| Copyright(C) 1999,2006 Pthreads-win32 contributors |
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| 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 |
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| Contact Email: Ross Johnson |
| Please use: Firstname.Lastname@homemail.com.au |
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| These files are not covered under one of the Copyrights listed above: |
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| COPYING |
| COPYING.LIB |
| tests/rwlock7.c |
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| This file, COPYING, is distributed under the Copyright found at the |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| General Copyleft and License info |
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| Why pthreads-win32 did not use the GNU General Public License |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |