From 66f269d2a51dae6a2cb10f1a9ae4aaeba815219b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:43:54 +0000 Subject: Initial checkin for ld.so. This is a combination of effort from Manuel Novoa III and me. I've been working on stripping out arch dependant stuff and replacing it with generic stuff whenever possible. -Erik --- ldso/COPYRIGHT | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ldso/COPYRIGHT (limited to 'ldso/COPYRIGHT') diff --git a/ldso/COPYRIGHT b/ldso/COPYRIGHT new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fb34248ec --- /dev/null +++ b/ldso/COPYRIGHT @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +/* + * Copyright (c) 1994-2000 Eric Youngdale, Peter MacDonald, David Engel, + * Hongjiu Lu and Mitch D'Souza + * + * All rights reserved. + * + * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + * are met: + * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + * 2. The name of the above contributors may not be + * used to endorse or promote products derived from this software + * without specific prior written permission. + * + * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND + * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE + * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE + * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE + * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL + * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS + * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) + * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT + * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY + * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF + * SUCH DAMAGE. + */ + +/* Notice of general intent: + * + * The linux operating system generally contains large amounts of code + * that fall under the GNU General Public License, or GPL for short. + * This file contains source code that by it's very nature would always + * be linked with an application program, and because of this a GPL + * type of copyright on this file would place restrictions upon the + * distribution of binary-only commercial software. Since the goal of + * the Linux project as a whole is not to discourage the development and + * distribution of commercial software for Linux, this file has been + * placed under a more relaxed BSD-style of copyright. + * + * It is the general understanding of the above contributors that a + * program executable linked to a library containing code that falls + * under the GPL or GLPL style of license is not subject to the terms of + * the GPL or GLPL license if the program executable(s) that are supplied + * are linked to a shared library form of the GPL or GLPL library, and as + * long as the form of the shared library is such that it is possible for + * the end user to modify and rebuild the library and use it in + * conjunction with the program executable. + */ -- cgit v1.2.3