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pthreads-win32 - a POSIX threads library for Microsoft Windows
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This file is Copyrighted
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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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All rights reserved.
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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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
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modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 of the
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License.
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Pthreads-win32 is several binary link libraries, several modules,
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associated interface definition files and scripts used to control
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its compilation and installation.
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Pthreads-win32 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License is distributed with
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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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Public License with pthreads-win32; if not, write to:
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Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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59 Temple Place
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Suite 330
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Boston, MA 02111-1307
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USA
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The contact addresses for pthreads-win32 is as follows:
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Web: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32
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Email: Ross Johnson
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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
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is covered under the following GNU Lesser General Public License
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Copyrights:
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Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32
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Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom
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Copyright(C) 1999,2006 Pthreads-win32 contributors
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The current list of contributors is contained
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in the file CONTRIBUTORS included with the source
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code distribution. The current list of CONTRIBUTORS
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can also be seen at the following WWW location:
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http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/contributors.html
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Contact Email: Ross Johnson
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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
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COPYING.LIB
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tests/rwlock7.c
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This file, COPYING, is distributed under the Copyright found at the
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top of this file. It is important to note that you may distribute
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verbatim copies of this file but you may not modify this file.
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The file COPYING.LIB, which contains a copy of the version 2.1
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GNU Lesser General Public License, is itself copyrighted by the
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Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please note that the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc. does NOT have a copyright over Pthreads-win32,
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only the COPYING.LIB that is supplied with pthreads-win32.
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The file tests/rwlock7.c is derived from code written by
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Dave Butenhof for his book 'Programming With POSIX(R) Threads'.
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The original code was obtained by free download from his website
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http://home.earthlink.net/~anneart/family/Threads/source.html
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and did not contain a copyright or author notice. It is assumed to
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be freely distributable.
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In all cases one may use and distribute these exception files freely.
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And because one may freely distribute the LGPL covered files, the
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entire pthreads-win32 source may be freely used and distributed.
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General Copyleft and License info
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For general information on Copylefts, see:
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http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/
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For information on GNU Lesser General Public Licenses, see:
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http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
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http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt
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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
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provide a quality and complete implementation of the POSIX
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threads API for Microsoft Windows within the limits imposed
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by virtue of it being a stand-alone library and not
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linked directly to other POSIX compliant libraries. For
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example, some functions and features, such as those based
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on POSIX signals, are missing.
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Pthreads-win32 is a library, available in several different
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versions depending on supported compilers, and may be used
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as a dynamically linked module or a statically linked set of
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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
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commercial software not covered by either the GPL or the LGPL
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licenses. Pthreads-win32 has many contributors to it's
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code base, many of whom have done so because they have
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used the library in commercial or proprietry software
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projects.
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Releasing pthreads-win32 under the LGPL ensures that the
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library can be used widely, while at the same time ensures
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that bug fixes and improvements to the pthreads-win32 code
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itself is returned to benefit all current and future users
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of the library.
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Although pthreads-win32 makes it possible for applications
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that use POSIX threads to be ported to Win32 platforms, the
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broader goal of the project is to encourage the use of open
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standards, and in particular, to make it just a little easier
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for developers writing Win32 applications to consider
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widening the potential market for their products.
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