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diff --git a/manual/maint.texi b/manual/maint.texi index 48e741f6df..49fb6b4a04 100644 --- a/manual/maint.texi +++ b/manual/maint.texi @@ -733,6 +733,98 @@ The @code{getopt} function and related code were written by Richard Stallman, @w{David J. MacKenzie}, and @w{Roland McGrath}. @item +The merge sort function @code{qsort} was written by Michael J. Haertel. + +@item +The quick sort function used as a fallback by @code{qsort} was written +by Douglas C. Schmidt. + +@item +The memory allocation functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and +@code{free} and related code were written by Michael J. Haertel. + +@comment tege's name has an umlaut. +@tex +\xdef\SETtege{Torbj\"orn Granlund} +@end tex +@ifinfo +@set tege Torbjorn Granlund +@end ifinfo +@item +Fast implementations of many of the string functions (@code{memcpy}, +@code{strlen}, etc.) were written by @value{tege}. + +@item +The @file{tar.h} header file was written by David J. MacKenzie. + +@item +The port to the MIPS DECStation running Ultrix 4 +(@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}) +was contributed by Brendan Kehoe and Ian Lance Taylor. + +@item +The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were +contributed by Michael Glad. + +@item +The @code{ftw} function was contributed by Ian Lance Taylor. + +@item +The startup code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by +Tom Quinn. + +@item +The @code{mktime} function was contributed by Noel Cragg. + +@item +The port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix version 3 +(@code{i386-sequent-bsd}) was contributed by Jason Merrill. + +@item +The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone +package by Arthur David Olson and his many contributors. + +@item +The port to the DEC Alpha running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}) was +contributed by Brendan Kehoe, using some code written by Roland McGrath. + +@item +The port to SGI machines running Irix 4 (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}) was +contributed by Tom Quinn. + +@item +The port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS architecture +(@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) was contributed by Kazumoto Kojima. + +@item +The floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends +and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf}, +@code{strtod} and friends were written by Ulrich Drepper. The +multi-precision integer functions used in those functions are taken from +GNU MP, which was contributed by @value{tege}. + +@item +The internationalization support in the library (@file{locale.h}, +@file{langinfo.h}, etc.) was written by Ulrich Drepper and Roland +McGrath. Ulrich Drepper adapted the support code for message catalogs +(@file{libintl.h}, etc.) from the GNU @code{gettext} package, which he +also wrote. + +@item +The port to Linux i386/ELF (@code{i386-@var{anything}-linux}) was +contributed by Ulrich Drepper, based in large part on work done in +Hongjiu Lu's Linux version of the GNU C Library. + +@item +Stephen R. van den Berg contributed a highly-optimized @code{strstr} function. + +@item +Ulrich Drepper contributed the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48} +families of functions; reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the +@code{random} family; System V shared memory and IPC support code; and +several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86 processors. + +@item Most of the math functions are taken from 4.4 BSD; they have been modified only slightly to work with the GNU C library. The Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and several @@ -795,94 +887,7 @@ changes to fit into the GNU C library and to fit the ANSI C standard, but the functional code is Berkeley's.@refill @item -The merge sort function @code{qsort} was written by Michael J. Haertel. - -@item -The quick sort function used as a fallback by @code{qsort} was written -by Douglas C. Schmidt. - -@item -The memory allocation functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and -@code{free} and related code were written by Michael J. Haertel. - -@comment tege's name has an umlaut. -@tex -\xdef\SETtege{Torbj\"orn Granlund} -@end tex -@ifinfo -@set tege Torbjorn Granlund -@end ifinfo -@item -Fast implementations of many of the string functions (@code{memcpy}, -@code{strlen}, etc.) were written by @value{tege}. - -@item -Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU, -and is under the following copyright terms: - -@quotation -@display -Mach Operating System -Copyright @copyright{} 1991,1990,1989 Carnegie Mellon University -All Rights Reserved. -@end display - -Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its -documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright -notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the -software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions -thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation. - -@sc{carnegie mellon allows free use of this software in its ``as is'' -condition. carnegie mellon disclaims any liability of any kind for -any damages whatsoever resulting from the use of this software.} - -Carnegie Mellon requests users of this software to return to - -@display - Software Distribution Coordinator - School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 -@end display - -@noindent -or @samp{Software.Distribution@@CS.CMU.EDU} any improvements or -extensions that they make and grant Carnegie Mellon the rights to -redistribute these changes. -@end quotation - -@item -The @file{tar.h} header file was written by David J. MacKenzie. - -@item -The port to the MIPS DECStation running Ultrix 4 -(@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}) -was contributed by Brendan Kehoe and Ian Lance Taylor. - -@item -The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were -contributed by Michael Glad. - -@item -The @code{ftw} function was contributed by Ian Lance Taylor. - -@item -The code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by Tom Quinn. - -@item -The @code{mktime} function was contributed by Noel Cragg. - -@item -The port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix version 3 -(@code{i386-sequent-bsd}) was contributed by Jason Merrill. - -@item -The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone -package by Arthur David Olson. - -@item -The Internet resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.1, which is +The Internet resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.3, which is under both the Berkeley copyright above and also: @quotation @@ -906,16 +911,6 @@ with the use or performance of this software.} @end quotation @item -The port to the DEC Alpha running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}) was -contributed by Brendan Kehoe, using some code written by Roland McGrath. - -@item -The floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends -was written by Roland McGrath and @value{tege}. The multi-precision -integer functions used in that function are taken from GNU MP, which was -contributed by @value{tege}. - -@item The code to support Sun RPC is taken verbatim from Sun's @w{@sc{rpcsrc-4.0}} distribution, and is covered by this copyright: @@ -955,12 +950,41 @@ Mountain View, California 94043 @end quotation @item -The port to SGI machines running Irix 4 (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}) was -contributed by Tom Quinn. +Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU, +and is under the following copyright terms: + +@quotation +@display +Mach Operating System +Copyright @copyright{} 1991,1990,1989 Carnegie Mellon University +All Rights Reserved. +@end display + +Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its +documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright +notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the +software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions +thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation. + +@sc{carnegie mellon allows free use of this software in its ``as is'' +condition. carnegie mellon disclaims any liability of any kind for +any damages whatsoever resulting from the use of this software.} + +Carnegie Mellon requests users of this software to return to + +@display + Software Distribution Coordinator + School of Computer Science + Carnegie Mellon University + Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 +@end display + +@noindent +or @samp{Software.Distribution@@CS.CMU.EDU} any improvements or +extensions that they make and grant Carnegie Mellon the rights to +redistribute these changes. +@end quotation -@item -The port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS architecture -(@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) was contributed by Kazumoto Kojima. @end itemize @c @bye |