[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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[420998] | 17 | @cindex graphviz |
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| 18 | @cindex normaliz |
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[91dbdf] | 19 | |
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| 20 | @center @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION} |
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[f36635] | 21 | @center @uref{http://www.uni-kl.de/,,University of Kaiserslautern} |
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| 22 | @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] | 23 | @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] | 24 | |
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[420998] | 25 | @center Copyright @copyright{} 1986-2010 |
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[91dbdf] | 26 | @sp 2 |
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[f36635] | 27 | @center @strong{NOTICE} |
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[91dbdf] | 28 | |
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[b297cc5] | 29 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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| 30 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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[7e96fe] | 31 | the Free Software Foundation (version 2 or version 3 of the License). |
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[b297cc5] | 32 | |
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[72db1d] | 33 | Some single files have a copyright given within the file: |
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| 34 | Singular/ndbm.* (BSD), kernel/htmlhelp.h (LGPL 2.1+) |
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| 35 | |
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[7e96fe] | 36 | The following software modules shipped with @sc{Singular} have their own copyright: |
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[b297cc5] | 37 | the omalloc library, the readline library, |
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[437efdf] | 38 | the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), |
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[7bd122b] | 39 | NTL: A Library for doing Number Theory (NTL), |
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[b297cc5] | 40 | the Multi Protocol library (MP), the |
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[a12683] | 41 | Singular-Factory library, the Singular-libfac library, |
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| 42 | surfex, and, |
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[7e96fe] | 43 | for the Windows distributions, the Cygwin DLL and the Cygwin tools (Cygwin), and the |
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[b297cc5] | 44 | XEmacs editor (XEmacs). |
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[91dbdf] | 45 | |
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[72db1d] | 46 | Their copyrights and licenses can be found in the accompanying files COPYING |
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[b297cc5] | 47 | which are distributed along with these packages. |
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[ab53b7] | 48 | (Since version 3-0-3 of @sc{Singular}, all parts have GPL or LGPL |
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[9b3858] | 49 | as (one of) their licences.) |
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[91dbdf] | 50 | |
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[b297cc5] | 51 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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| 52 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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| 53 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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| 54 | GNU General Public License for more details. |
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[91dbdf] | 55 | |
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[b297cc5] | 56 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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| 57 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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| 58 | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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[ec7299] | 59 | (see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html,,GPL}) |
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[b297cc5] | 60 | |
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| 61 | Please send any comments or bug reports to |
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| 62 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}. |
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[2afef4] | 63 | |
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[ab53b7] | 64 | If you want to be informed of new releases, |
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[7e96fe] | 65 | please register as a @sc{Singular} user by using the |
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[fc94e1a] | 66 | registration form on the @sc{Singular} homepage |
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| 67 | @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}. |
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[3de58c] | 68 | If for some reason you cannot access the registration form, you |
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| 69 | can also register by sending an email to |
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[fc94e1a] | 70 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de} |
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| 71 | with subject line @code{register} and body containing the following data: |
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| 72 | your name, email address, organisation, country and platform(s). |
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| 73 | |
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[7bd122b] | 74 | |
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[7e96fe] | 75 | For information on how to cite @sc{Singular} see |
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| 76 | @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de/how_to_cite.html}. |
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[91dbdf] | 77 | |
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[ab53b7] | 78 | You can also support @sc{Singular} by informing us about |
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| 79 | your result obtained by using @sc{Singular}. |
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| 80 | |
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[e3663f1] | 81 | @heading Availability |
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[2f786f] | 82 | |
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[7e96fe] | 83 | The latest information regarding the status of @sc{Singular} is always |
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| 84 | available from @uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}. |
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[6fc50d] | 85 | @ifset singularmanual |
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[91dbdf] | 86 | The program @sc{Singular} and the above mentioned parts are available via |
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[15e2754] | 87 | anonymous ftp through the following addresses: |
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[91dbdf] | 88 | @table @asis |
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[b297cc5] | 89 | @item GMP, libreadline |
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[bde8dd] | 90 | @copyright{} Free Software Foundation |
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[a818754] | 91 | @* @uref{http://gmplib.org} |
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[91dbdf] | 92 | @item MP |
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[bde8dd] | 93 | @copyright{} Gray/Kajler/Wang, Kent State University |
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[33bbf9] | 94 | @* @uref{http://www.symbolicnet.org/areas/protocols/mp.html} |
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[98b5a7] | 95 | @item NTL |
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| 96 | @copyright{} Victor Shoup |
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[a818754] | 97 | @* @uref{http://www.shoup.net/ntl} |
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[b297cc5] | 98 | @item Singular-Factory |
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[91dbdf] | 99 | @copyright{} Greuel/Stobbe, University of Kaiserslautern: |
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[b297cc5] | 100 | @* @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Factory} |
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| 101 | @item Singular-libfac |
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| 102 | @copyright{} Messollen, University of Saarbr@"ucken: |
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| 103 | @* @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Libfac} |
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| 104 | @item @sc{Singular} binaries and sources |
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[f36635] | 105 | @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/} or via a |
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[a22eba] | 106 | WWW brow@-ser from |
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[bde8dd] | 107 | @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/} |
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[3de58c] | 108 | @item Cygwin |
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[7bd122b] | 109 | @uref{http://www.cygwin.com/} |
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[bde8dd] | 110 | @item Xemacs |
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| 111 | @uref{http://www.xemacs.org} |
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[91dbdf] | 112 | @end table |
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[420998] | 113 | Some external programs are optional: |
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| 114 | @table @asis |
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| 115 | @item surfex (used by surfex.lib, @pxref{surfex_lib}) |
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| 116 | @copyright{} Oliver Labs (2001-2008), Stephan Holzer (2004-2005) |
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| 117 | @* @uref{http://surfex.AlgebraicSurface.net} |
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| 118 | @item surf (used by surf.lib, @pxref{surf_lib}) |
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| 119 | @copyright{} Stephan Endrass |
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| 120 | @* @uref{http://surf.sf.net} |
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| 121 | @item surfer (used by surf.lib, @pxref{surf_lib}) |
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| 122 | @uref{http://www.imaginary2008.de/surfer.php} |
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| 123 | @item graphviz (used by resgraph.lib, @pxref{resgraph_lib}) |
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| 124 | @uref{http://www.graphviz.org/} |
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| 125 | @item normaliz (used by normaliz.lib, @pxref{normaliz_lib}) |
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| 126 | @copyright{} Winfried Bruns and Bogdan Ichim |
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| 127 | @* @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-osnabrueck.de/normaliz/} |
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| 128 | @item 4ti2 (used by sing4ti2.lib, @pxref{sing4ti2_lib}) |
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| 129 | @uref{http://www.4ti2.de/} |
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| 130 | @end table |
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[6fc50d] | 131 | @end ifset |
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[91dbdf] | 132 | |
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[e3663f1] | 133 | @heading Acknowledgements |
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[91dbdf] | 134 | |
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| 135 | The development of @sc{Singular} is directed and coordinated by |
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[7e96fe] | 136 | Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister, and Hans Sch@"onemann. |
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[fd7129] | 137 | |
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[8752d8] | 138 | @cindex Contributors |
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| 139 | @cindex Authors |
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| 140 | @cindex Greuel, Gert-Martin |
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| 141 | @cindex Pfister, Gerhard |
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[53c00b] | 142 | @cindex Sch@"onemann, Hans |
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| 143 | |
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[3de58c] | 144 | Currently, the @sc{Singular} team has the following members: |
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[3f93eb] | 145 | Michael Brickenstein, |
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[aadade] | 146 | Wolfram Decker, |
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[b85b62] | 147 | Alexander Dreyer, |
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[f2937f] | 148 | Gert-Martin Greuel, |
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[d4d4f7] | 149 | Anne Fr@"uhbis-Kr@"uger, |
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[7bd122b] | 150 | Viktor Levandovskyy, |
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[b85b62] | 151 | Oleksandr Motsak, |
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[f2937f] | 152 | Gerhard Pfister, |
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| 153 | Hans Sch@"onemann, |
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[694257b] | 154 | Mathias Schulze, |
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[91dbdf] | 155 | and |
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[f2937f] | 156 | Frank Seelisch. |
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| 157 | @cindex Brickenstein, Michael |
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[aadade] | 158 | @cindex Decker, Wolfram |
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[b85b62] | 159 | @cindex Dreyer, Alexander |
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[d4d4f7] | 160 | @cindex Fr@"uhbis-Kr@"uger, Anne |
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[7bd122b] | 161 | @cindex Levandovskyy, Viktor |
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[b85b62] | 162 | @cindex Motsak, Oleksandr |
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[694257b] | 163 | @cindex Schulze, Mathias |
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[f2937f] | 164 | @cindex Seelisch, Frank |
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[53c00b] | 165 | |
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[8ad455] | 166 | Former members of the @sc{Singular} team are: |
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[cbf7d6] | 167 | Olaf Bachmann, |
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[f2937f] | 168 | Kai Kr@"uger, |
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[b85b62] | 169 | Christoph Lossen, |
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[b297cc5] | 170 | Wolfgang Neumann, |
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[f2937f] | 171 | Markus Perling, |
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[b85b62] | 172 | Wilfred Pohl, |
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[b297cc5] | 173 | Jens Schmidt, |
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[aadade] | 174 | Thomas Siebert, |
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[cbf7d6] | 175 | R@"udiger Stobbe, |
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[f2937f] | 176 | Eric Westenberger, |
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| 177 | Tim Wichmann, |
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[cbf7d6] | 178 | and |
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[f2937f] | 179 | Oliver Wienand. |
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[cbf7d6] | 180 | @cindex Bachmann, Olaf |
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[f2937f] | 181 | @cindex Kr@"uger, Kai |
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[b85b62] | 182 | @cindex Lossen, Christoph |
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[b297cc5] | 183 | @cindex Neumann, Wolfgang |
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[f2937f] | 184 | @cindex Perling, Markus |
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[b85b62] | 185 | @cindex Pohl, Wilfred |
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[b297cc5] | 186 | @cindex Schmidt, Jens |
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[f2937f] | 187 | @cindex Schulze, Mathias |
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[aadade] | 188 | @cindex Siebert, Thomas |
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[b297cc5] | 189 | @cindex Stobbe, R@"udiger |
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[cbf7d6] | 190 | @cindex Westenberger, Eric |
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| 191 | @cindex Wichmann, Tim |
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[f2937f] | 192 | @cindex Wienand, Oliver |
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[91dbdf] | 193 | |
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[7e96fe] | 194 | Further contributions to @sc{Singular} have been made by: |
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[73b186] | 195 | Daniel Andres, |
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[b297cc5] | 196 | Thomas Bayer, |
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| 197 | Isabelle Bermejo, |
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[034fb4] | 198 | Markus Becker, |
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[f2937f] | 199 | Stanislav Bulygin, |
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[73b186] | 200 | Nadine Cremer, |
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[f2937f] | 201 | Michael Cuntz, |
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[aadade] | 202 | Kai Dehmann, |
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[b85b62] | 203 | Marcin Dumnicki, |
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[e3663f1] | 204 | Stephan Endra@ss{}, |
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[aadade] | 205 | Jose Ignacio Farran, |
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[73b186] | 206 | I. Garcia-Marco, |
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[034fb4] | 207 | Vladimir Gerdt, |
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[b297cc5] | 208 | Philippe Gimenez, |
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[fd7129] | 209 | Christian Gorzel, |
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[aadade] | 210 | Hubert Grassmann, |
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[73b186] | 211 | Amir Hashemi, |
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[aadade] | 212 | Fernando Hernando, |
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[b297cc5] | 213 | Agnes Heydtmann, |
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[e3663f1] | 214 | Dietmar Hillebrand, |
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[b297cc5] | 215 | Tobias Hirsch, |
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[73b186] | 216 | Markus Hochstetter, |
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[3d1107] | 217 | Manuel Kauers, |
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[4874ab4] | 218 | Simon King, |
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[aadade] | 219 | Anen Lakhal, |
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[fd7129] | 220 | Martin Lamm, |
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[4874ab4] | 221 | Santiago Laplagne, |
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[e94158] | 222 | Gregoire Lecerf, |
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[aadade] | 223 | Francisco Javier Lobillo, |
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[73b186] | 224 | Christoph Mang, |
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[b85b62] | 225 | Thomas Markwig, |
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[f357d6e] | 226 | Bernd Martin, |
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[b297cc5] | 227 | Michael Me@ss{}ollen, |
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[aadade] | 228 | Andrea Mindnich, |
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[4874ab4] | 229 | Jorge Martin Morales, |
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[b297cc5] | 230 | Thomas N@"u@ss{}ler, |
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[73b186] | 231 | Tetyana Povalyaeva, |
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[034fb4] | 232 | Carlos Rabelo, |
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[73b186] | 233 | J.-J. Salazar-Gonzalez, |
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[034fb4] | 234 | Alfredo Sanchez-Navarro, |
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[73b186] | 235 | Ivor Saynisch, |
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| 236 | Kristina Schindelar, |
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| 237 | Silke Spang, |
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| 238 | Stefan Steidel, |
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[d4d4f7] | 239 | Henrik Strohmayer, |
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[7fa5b14] | 240 | Christian Stussak, |
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[aadade] | 241 | Imade Sulandra, |
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[73b186] | 242 | Akira Suzuki, |
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[034fb4] | 243 | Christine Theis, |
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[d4d4f7] | 244 | Enrique Tobis, |
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[73b186] | 245 | Maryna Viazovska, |
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[034fb4] | 246 | Alberto Vigneron-Tenorio, |
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[8d1766] | 247 | Moritz Wenk, |
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[034fb4] | 248 | Denis Yanovich, |
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[032837] | 249 | Oleksandr Iena. |
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[73b186] | 250 | @cindex Andres, Daniel |
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[d4d4f7] | 251 | @cindex Bayer, Thomas |
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| 252 | @cindex Bermejo, Isabelle |
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[034fb4] | 253 | @cindex Becker, Markus |
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[f2937f] | 254 | @cindex Bulygin, Stanislav |
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[73b186] | 255 | @cindex Cremer, Nadine |
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[f2937f] | 256 | @cindex Cuntz, Michael |
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[aadade] | 257 | @cindex Dehmann, Kai |
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[b85b62] | 258 | @cindex Dumnicki, Marcin |
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[d4d4f7] | 259 | @cindex Endra@ss{}, Stephan |
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[aadade] | 260 | @cindex Farran, Jose Ignacio |
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[73b186] | 261 | @cindex Garcia-Marco, I. |
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[034fb4] | 262 | @cindex Gerdt, Vladimir |
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[d4d4f7] | 263 | @cindex Gimenez, Philippe |
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| 264 | @cindex Gorzel, Christian |
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[aadade] | 265 | @cindex Grassmann, Hubert |
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[73b186] | 266 | @cindex Hashemi, Amir |
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[034fb4] | 267 | @cindex Hernando, Fernando |
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[d4d4f7] | 268 | @cindex Heydtmann, Agnes |
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| 269 | @cindex Hillebrand, Dietmar |
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| 270 | @cindex Hirsch, Tobias |
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[73b186] | 271 | @cindex Hochstetter, Markus |
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| 272 | @cindex Iena, Oleksandr |
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[3d1107] | 273 | @cindex Kauers, Manuel |
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[4874ab4] | 274 | @cindex King, Simon |
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[aadade] | 275 | @cindex Lakhal, Anen |
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[d4d4f7] | 276 | @cindex Lamm, Martin |
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[4874ab4] | 277 | @cindex Laplagne, Santiago |
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[e94158] | 278 | @cindex Lecerf, Gregoire |
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[034fb4] | 279 | @cindex Lobillo, Javier |
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[73b186] | 280 | @cindex Mang, Christoph |
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[b85b62] | 281 | @cindex Markwig, Thomas |
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[d4d4f7] | 282 | @cindex Martin, Bernd |
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| 283 | @cindex Me@ss{}ollen, Michael |
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[aadade] | 284 | @cindex Mindnich, Andrea |
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[4874ab4] | 285 | @cindex Morales, Jorge Martin |
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[d4d4f7] | 286 | @cindex N@"u@ss{}ler, Thomas |
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[73b186] | 287 | @cindex Povalyaeva, Tetyana |
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[034fb4] | 288 | @cindex Rabelo, Carlos |
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[73b186] | 289 | @cindex Salazar-Gonzalez, J.-J. |
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[034fb4] | 290 | @cindex Sanchez-Navarro, Alfredo |
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[73b186] | 291 | @cindex Saynisch, Ivor |
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| 292 | @cindex Schindelar, Kristina |
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| 293 | @cindex Spang, Silke |
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| 294 | @cindex Steidel, Stefan |
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[d4d4f7] | 295 | @cindex Strohmayer, Henrik |
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[7fa5b14] | 296 | @cindex Stussak, Christian |
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[aadade] | 297 | @cindex Sulandra, Imade |
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[73b186] | 298 | @cindex Suzuki, Akira |
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[d4d4f7] | 299 | @cindex Tobis, Enrique |
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[034fb4] | 300 | @cindex Theis, Christine |
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[73b186] | 301 | @cindex Viazovska, Maryna |
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| 302 | @cindex Vigneron-Tenorio, Alberto |
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[d4d4f7] | 303 | @cindex Wenk, Moritz |
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| 304 | @cindex Yanovich, Denis |
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[53c00b] | 305 | |
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[91dbdf] | 306 | We should like to acknowledge the financial support given by |
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[7e96fe] | 307 | the Volkswagen-Stiftung, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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[e113e3] | 308 | and the Stiftung f@"ur Innovation des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz |
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| 309 | to the @sc{Singular} project. |
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[91dbdf] | 310 | |
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