[2f786f] | 1 | @comment -*-texinfo-*- |
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[341696] | 2 | @comment $Id$ |
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[2f786f] | 3 | @comment this file contains the copyright notice on Singular |
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[a94090] | 4 | @ifclear VERSION |
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[f36635] | 5 | @include version.texi |
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[a94090] | 6 | @end ifclear |
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[2f786f] | 7 | |
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[5ac141] | 8 | @cindex copyright |
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[91dbdf] | 9 | @cindex factory |
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| 10 | @cindex GMP |
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| 11 | @cindex MP |
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[227d1e] | 12 | @cindex NTL |
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[91dbdf] | 13 | @cindex readline |
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| 14 | @cindex libfac |
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[227d1e] | 15 | @cindex surfex |
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[a818754] | 16 | @cindex surfer |
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[91dbdf] | 17 | |
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| 18 | @center @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION} |
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[f36635] | 19 | @center @uref{http://www.uni-kl.de/,,University of Kaiserslautern} |
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| 20 | @center @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/,,Department of Mathematics} and @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~zca/,,Centre for Computer Algebra} |
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[7bd122b] | 21 | @center Authors: @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~greuel,,G.-M. Greuel}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~pfister,,G. Pfister}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~hannes,,H. Schoenemann} |
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[91dbdf] | 22 | |
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[937c94f] | 23 | @center Copyright @copyright{} 1986-2009 |
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[91dbdf] | 24 | @sp 2 |
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[f36635] | 25 | @center @strong{NOTICE} |
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[91dbdf] | 26 | |
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[b297cc5] | 27 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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| 28 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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[7e96fe] | 29 | the Free Software Foundation (version 2 or version 3 of the License). |
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[b297cc5] | 30 | |
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[72db1d] | 31 | Some single files have a copyright given within the file: |
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| 32 | Singular/ndbm.* (BSD), kernel/htmlhelp.h (LGPL 2.1+) |
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| 33 | |
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[7e96fe] | 34 | The following software modules shipped with @sc{Singular} have their own copyright: |
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[b297cc5] | 35 | the omalloc library, the readline library, |
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[437efdf] | 36 | the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), |
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[7bd122b] | 37 | NTL: A Library for doing Number Theory (NTL), |
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[b297cc5] | 38 | the Multi Protocol library (MP), the |
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[a12683] | 39 | Singular-Factory library, the Singular-libfac library, |
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| 40 | surfex, and, |
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[7e96fe] | 41 | for the Windows distributions, the Cygwin DLL and the Cygwin tools (Cygwin), and the |
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[b297cc5] | 42 | XEmacs editor (XEmacs). |
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[91dbdf] | 43 | |
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[72db1d] | 44 | Their copyrights and licenses can be found in the accompanying files COPYING |
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[b297cc5] | 45 | which are distributed along with these packages. |
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[ab53b7] | 46 | (Since version 3-0-3 of @sc{Singular}, all parts have GPL or LGPL |
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[9b3858] | 47 | as (one of) their licences.) |
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[91dbdf] | 48 | |
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[b297cc5] | 49 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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| 50 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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| 51 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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| 52 | GNU General Public License for more details. |
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[91dbdf] | 53 | |
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[b297cc5] | 54 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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| 55 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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| 56 | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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[ec7299] | 57 | (see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html,,GPL}) |
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[b297cc5] | 58 | |
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| 59 | Please send any comments or bug reports to |
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| 60 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}. |
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[2afef4] | 61 | |
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[ab53b7] | 62 | If you want to be informed of new releases, |
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[7e96fe] | 63 | please register as a @sc{Singular} user by using the |
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[fc94e1a] | 64 | registration form on the @sc{Singular} homepage |
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| 65 | @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}. |
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[3de58c] | 66 | If for some reason you cannot access the registration form, you |
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| 67 | can also register by sending an email to |
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[fc94e1a] | 68 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de} |
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| 69 | with subject line @code{register} and body containing the following data: |
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| 70 | your name, email address, organisation, country and platform(s). |
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| 71 | |
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[7bd122b] | 72 | |
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[7e96fe] | 73 | For information on how to cite @sc{Singular} see |
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| 74 | @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/how_to_cite.html}. |
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[91dbdf] | 75 | |
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[ab53b7] | 76 | You can also support @sc{Singular} by informing us about |
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| 77 | your result obtained by using @sc{Singular}. |
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| 78 | |
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[e3663f1] | 79 | @heading Availability |
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[2f786f] | 80 | |
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[7e96fe] | 81 | The latest information regarding the status of @sc{Singular} is always |
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| 82 | available from @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}. |
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[6fc50d] | 83 | @ifset singularmanual |
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[91dbdf] | 84 | The program @sc{Singular} and the above mentioned parts are available via |
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[15e2754] | 85 | anonymous ftp through the following addresses: |
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[91dbdf] | 86 | @table @asis |
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[b297cc5] | 87 | @item GMP, libreadline |
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[bde8dd] | 88 | @copyright{} Free Software Foundation |
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[a818754] | 89 | @* @uref{http://gmplib.org} |
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[91dbdf] | 90 | @item MP |
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[bde8dd] | 91 | @copyright{} Gray/Kajler/Wang, Kent State University |
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[33bbf9] | 92 | @* @uref{http://www.symbolicnet.org/areas/protocols/mp.html} |
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[98b5a7] | 93 | @item NTL |
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| 94 | @copyright{} Victor Shoup |
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[a818754] | 95 | @* @uref{http://www.shoup.net/ntl} |
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[b297cc5] | 96 | @item Singular-Factory |
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[91dbdf] | 97 | @copyright{} Greuel/Stobbe, University of Kaiserslautern: |
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[b297cc5] | 98 | @* @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Factory} |
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| 99 | @item Singular-libfac |
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| 100 | @copyright{} Messollen, University of Saarbr@"ucken: |
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| 101 | @* @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Libfac} |
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[a12683] | 102 | @item surfex |
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| 103 | @copyright{} Oliver Labs (2001-2008), Stephan Holzer (2004-2005) |
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| 104 | @* @uref{http://surfex.AlgebraicSurface.net} |
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[a818754] | 105 | @item surf |
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[7bd6e6] | 106 | @copyright{} Stephan Endrass |
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[a818754] | 107 | @* @uref{http://surf.sf.net} |
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| 108 | @item surfer |
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| 109 | @* @uref{http://www.imaginary2008.de/surfer.php} |
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[b297cc5] | 110 | @item @sc{Singular} binaries and sources |
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[f36635] | 111 | @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/} or via a |
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[a22eba] | 112 | WWW brow@-ser from |
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[bde8dd] | 113 | @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/} |
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[3de58c] | 114 | @item Cygwin |
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[7bd122b] | 115 | @uref{http://www.cygwin.com/} |
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[bde8dd] | 116 | @item Xemacs |
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| 117 | @uref{http://www.xemacs.org} |
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[91dbdf] | 118 | @end table |
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[6fc50d] | 119 | @end ifset |
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[91dbdf] | 120 | |
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[e3663f1] | 121 | @heading Acknowledgements |
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[91dbdf] | 122 | |
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| 123 | The development of @sc{Singular} is directed and coordinated by |
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[7e96fe] | 124 | Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister, and Hans Sch@"onemann. |
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[fd7129] | 125 | |
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[8752d8] | 126 | @cindex Contributors |
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| 127 | @cindex Authors |
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| 128 | @cindex Greuel, Gert-Martin |
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| 129 | @cindex Pfister, Gerhard |
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[53c00b] | 130 | @cindex Sch@"onemann, Hans |
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| 131 | |
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[3de58c] | 132 | Currently, the @sc{Singular} team has the following members: |
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[3f93eb] | 133 | Michael Brickenstein, |
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[aadade] | 134 | Wolfram Decker, |
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[b85b62] | 135 | Alexander Dreyer, |
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[f2937f] | 136 | Gert-Martin Greuel, |
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[d4d4f7] | 137 | Anne Fr@"uhbis-Kr@"uger, |
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[7bd122b] | 138 | Viktor Levandovskyy, |
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[b85b62] | 139 | Oleksandr Motsak, |
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[f2937f] | 140 | Gerhard Pfister, |
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| 141 | Hans Sch@"onemann, |
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[694257b] | 142 | Mathias Schulze, |
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[91dbdf] | 143 | and |
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[f2937f] | 144 | Frank Seelisch. |
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| 145 | @cindex Brickenstein, Michael |
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[aadade] | 146 | @cindex Decker, Wolfram |
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[b85b62] | 147 | @cindex Dreyer, Alexander |
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[d4d4f7] | 148 | @cindex Fr@"uhbis-Kr@"uger, Anne |
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[7bd122b] | 149 | @cindex Levandovskyy, Viktor |
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[b85b62] | 150 | @cindex Motsak, Oleksandr |
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[694257b] | 151 | @cindex Schulze, Mathias |
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[f2937f] | 152 | @cindex Seelisch, Frank |
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[53c00b] | 153 | |
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[8ad455] | 154 | Former members of the @sc{Singular} team are: |
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[cbf7d6] | 155 | Olaf Bachmann, |
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[f2937f] | 156 | Kai Kr@"uger, |
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[b85b62] | 157 | Christoph Lossen, |
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[b297cc5] | 158 | Wolfgang Neumann, |
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[f2937f] | 159 | Markus Perling, |
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[b85b62] | 160 | Wilfred Pohl, |
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[b297cc5] | 161 | Jens Schmidt, |
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[aadade] | 162 | Thomas Siebert, |
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[cbf7d6] | 163 | R@"udiger Stobbe, |
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[f2937f] | 164 | Eric Westenberger, |
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| 165 | Tim Wichmann, |
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[cbf7d6] | 166 | and |
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[f2937f] | 167 | Oliver Wienand. |
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[cbf7d6] | 168 | @cindex Bachmann, Olaf |
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[f2937f] | 169 | @cindex Kr@"uger, Kai |
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[b85b62] | 170 | @cindex Lossen, Christoph |
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[b297cc5] | 171 | @cindex Neumann, Wolfgang |
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[f2937f] | 172 | @cindex Perling, Markus |
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[b85b62] | 173 | @cindex Pohl, Wilfred |
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[b297cc5] | 174 | @cindex Schmidt, Jens |
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[f2937f] | 175 | @cindex Schulze, Mathias |
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[aadade] | 176 | @cindex Siebert, Thomas |
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[b297cc5] | 177 | @cindex Stobbe, R@"udiger |
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[cbf7d6] | 178 | @cindex Westenberger, Eric |
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| 179 | @cindex Wichmann, Tim |
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[f2937f] | 180 | @cindex Wienand, Oliver |
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[91dbdf] | 181 | |
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[7e96fe] | 182 | Further contributions to @sc{Singular} have been made by: |
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[73b186] | 183 | Daniel Andres, |
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[b297cc5] | 184 | Thomas Bayer, |
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| 185 | Isabelle Bermejo, |
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[034fb4] | 186 | Markus Becker, |
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[f2937f] | 187 | Stanislav Bulygin, |
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[73b186] | 188 | Nadine Cremer, |
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[f2937f] | 189 | Michael Cuntz, |
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[aadade] | 190 | Kai Dehmann, |
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[b85b62] | 191 | Marcin Dumnicki, |
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[e3663f1] | 192 | Stephan Endra@ss{}, |
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[aadade] | 193 | Jose Ignacio Farran, |
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[73b186] | 194 | I. Garcia-Marco, |
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[034fb4] | 195 | Vladimir Gerdt, |
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[b297cc5] | 196 | Philippe Gimenez, |
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[fd7129] | 197 | Christian Gorzel, |
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[aadade] | 198 | Hubert Grassmann, |
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[73b186] | 199 | Amir Hashemi, |
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[aadade] | 200 | Fernando Hernando, |
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[b297cc5] | 201 | Agnes Heydtmann, |
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[e3663f1] | 202 | Dietmar Hillebrand, |
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[b297cc5] | 203 | Tobias Hirsch, |
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[73b186] | 204 | Markus Hochstetter, |
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[3d1107] | 205 | Manuel Kauers, |
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[4874ab4] | 206 | Simon King, |
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[aadade] | 207 | Anen Lakhal, |
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[fd7129] | 208 | Martin Lamm, |
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[4874ab4] | 209 | Santiago Laplagne, |
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[e94158] | 210 | Gregoire Lecerf, |
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[aadade] | 211 | Francisco Javier Lobillo, |
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[73b186] | 212 | Christoph Mang, |
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[b85b62] | 213 | Thomas Markwig, |
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[f357d6e] | 214 | Bernd Martin, |
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[b297cc5] | 215 | Michael Me@ss{}ollen, |
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[aadade] | 216 | Andrea Mindnich, |
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[4874ab4] | 217 | Jorge Martin Morales, |
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[b297cc5] | 218 | Thomas N@"u@ss{}ler, |
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[73b186] | 219 | Tetyana Povalyaeva, |
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[034fb4] | 220 | Carlos Rabelo, |
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[73b186] | 221 | J.-J. Salazar-Gonzalez, |
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[034fb4] | 222 | Alfredo Sanchez-Navarro, |
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[73b186] | 223 | Ivor Saynisch, |
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| 224 | Kristina Schindelar, |
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| 225 | Silke Spang, |
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| 226 | Stefan Steidel, |
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[d4d4f7] | 227 | Henrik Strohmayer, |
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[7fa5b14] | 228 | Christian Stussak, |
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[aadade] | 229 | Imade Sulandra, |
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[73b186] | 230 | Akira Suzuki, |
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[034fb4] | 231 | Christine Theis, |
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[d4d4f7] | 232 | Enrique Tobis, |
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[73b186] | 233 | Maryna Viazovska, |
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[034fb4] | 234 | Alberto Vigneron-Tenorio, |
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[8d1766] | 235 | Moritz Wenk, |
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[034fb4] | 236 | Denis Yanovich, |
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[032837] | 237 | Oleksandr Iena. |
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[73b186] | 238 | @cindex Andres, Daniel |
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[d4d4f7] | 239 | @cindex Bayer, Thomas |
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| 240 | @cindex Bermejo, Isabelle |
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[034fb4] | 241 | @cindex Becker, Markus |
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[f2937f] | 242 | @cindex Bulygin, Stanislav |
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[73b186] | 243 | @cindex Cremer, Nadine |
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[f2937f] | 244 | @cindex Cuntz, Michael |
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[aadade] | 245 | @cindex Dehmann, Kai |
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[b85b62] | 246 | @cindex Dumnicki, Marcin |
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[d4d4f7] | 247 | @cindex Endra@ss{}, Stephan |
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[aadade] | 248 | @cindex Farran, Jose Ignacio |
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[73b186] | 249 | @cindex Garcia-Marco, I. |
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[034fb4] | 250 | @cindex Gerdt, Vladimir |
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[d4d4f7] | 251 | @cindex Gimenez, Philippe |
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| 252 | @cindex Gorzel, Christian |
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[aadade] | 253 | @cindex Grassmann, Hubert |
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[73b186] | 254 | @cindex Hashemi, Amir |
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[034fb4] | 255 | @cindex Hernando, Fernando |
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[d4d4f7] | 256 | @cindex Heydtmann, Agnes |
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| 257 | @cindex Hillebrand, Dietmar |
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| 258 | @cindex Hirsch, Tobias |
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[73b186] | 259 | @cindex Hochstetter, Markus |
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| 260 | @cindex Iena, Oleksandr |
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[3d1107] | 261 | @cindex Kauers, Manuel |
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[4874ab4] | 262 | @cindex King, Simon |
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[aadade] | 263 | @cindex Lakhal, Anen |
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[d4d4f7] | 264 | @cindex Lamm, Martin |
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[4874ab4] | 265 | @cindex Laplagne, Santiago |
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[e94158] | 266 | @cindex Lecerf, Gregoire |
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[034fb4] | 267 | @cindex Lobillo, Javier |
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[73b186] | 268 | @cindex Mang, Christoph |
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[b85b62] | 269 | @cindex Markwig, Thomas |
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[d4d4f7] | 270 | @cindex Martin, Bernd |
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| 271 | @cindex Me@ss{}ollen, Michael |
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[aadade] | 272 | @cindex Mindnich, Andrea |
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[4874ab4] | 273 | @cindex Morales, Jorge Martin |
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[d4d4f7] | 274 | @cindex N@"u@ss{}ler, Thomas |
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[73b186] | 275 | @cindex Povalyaeva, Tetyana |
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[034fb4] | 276 | @cindex Rabelo, Carlos |
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[73b186] | 277 | @cindex Salazar-Gonzalez, J.-J. |
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[034fb4] | 278 | @cindex Sanchez-Navarro, Alfredo |
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[73b186] | 279 | @cindex Saynisch, Ivor |
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| 280 | @cindex Schindelar, Kristina |
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| 281 | @cindex Spang, Silke |
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| 282 | @cindex Steidel, Stefan |
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[d4d4f7] | 283 | @cindex Strohmayer, Henrik |
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[7fa5b14] | 284 | @cindex Stussak, Christian |
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[aadade] | 285 | @cindex Sulandra, Imade |
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[73b186] | 286 | @cindex Suzuki, Akira |
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[d4d4f7] | 287 | @cindex Tobis, Enrique |
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[034fb4] | 288 | @cindex Theis, Christine |
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[73b186] | 289 | @cindex Viazovska, Maryna |
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| 290 | @cindex Vigneron-Tenorio, Alberto |
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[d4d4f7] | 291 | @cindex Wenk, Moritz |
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| 292 | @cindex Yanovich, Denis |
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[53c00b] | 293 | |
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[91dbdf] | 294 | We should like to acknowledge the financial support given by |
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[7e96fe] | 295 | the Volkswagen-Stiftung, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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[e113e3] | 296 | and the Stiftung f@"ur Innovation des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz |
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| 297 | to the @sc{Singular} project. |
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[91dbdf] | 298 | |
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