[2f786f] | 1 | @comment -*-texinfo-*- |
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[e113e3] | 2 | @comment $Id: copyright.tex,v 1.24 1999-08-24 12:00:38 Singular Exp $ |
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[2f786f] | 3 | @comment this file contains the copyright notice on Singular |
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[f36635] | 4 | @include version.texi |
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[2f786f] | 5 | |
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[5ac141] | 6 | @cindex copyright |
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[91dbdf] | 7 | @cindex factory |
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| 8 | @cindex GMP |
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| 9 | @cindex MP |
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| 10 | @cindex readline |
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| 11 | @cindex libfac |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | @center @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION} |
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[f36635] | 14 | @center @uref{http://www.uni-kl.de/,,University of Kaiserslautern} |
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| 15 | @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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| 16 | @center Authors: @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwagag/E/Greuel,,G.-M. Greuel}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwagag/E/Pfister,,G. Pfister}, @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~hannes,,H. Schoenemann} |
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[91dbdf] | 17 | |
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[f36635] | 18 | @center Copyright @copyright{} 1986-99; All Rights Reserved |
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[91dbdf] | 19 | @sp 2 |
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[f36635] | 20 | @center @strong{NOTICE} |
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[91dbdf] | 21 | |
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| 22 | Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software or parts |
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| 23 | thereof and its documentation or parts thereof for non-commercial |
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[2afef4] | 24 | purposes and without fee is hereby granted provided the following four |
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[91dbdf] | 25 | conditions are satisfied: |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | @enumerate |
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| 28 | @item |
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| 29 | The above copyright notice appears in all copies of the software |
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| 30 | and both the copyright notice and this permission notice |
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| 31 | appear in supporting documentation. |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | @item |
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[2afef4] | 34 | The name of the program ("@sc{Singular}") is retained. |
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[91dbdf] | 35 | |
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| 36 | @item |
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[2afef4] | 37 | Portions of the software which are modified are marked. |
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| 38 | |
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[6fc50d] | 39 | @item |
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[f36635] | 40 | You have registered yourself as a @sc{Singular} user by sending email to @* |
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[16352d] | 41 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de} |
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| 42 | with the subject line (or, mail body) |
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[6fc50d] | 43 | @code{register}. |
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[91dbdf] | 44 | @end enumerate |
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| 45 | |
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[f1feafe] | 46 | Neither the University of Kaiserslautern nor the authors make any |
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[91dbdf] | 47 | representations about the suitability of this software for any |
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| 48 | purpose. This software is provided ``as is'' without express or |
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| 49 | implied warranty. |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | If your intended use of @sc{Singular} is not covered by the license above, |
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| 52 | please contact us. Notice that in the license above we have not |
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| 53 | granted permission to make copies of Singular to be sold, distributed |
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| 54 | on media which are sold, or distributed along with software which is |
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[6fc50d] | 55 | sold. |
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[91dbdf] | 56 | |
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| 57 | If you use Singular or parts thereof in a project and/or publish |
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| 58 | results that were partly obtained using @sc{Singular}, we request that you |
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[2afef4] | 59 | cite @sc{Singular} (see |
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[f36635] | 60 | @uref{http://www.ma@-the@-ma@-tik.uni-kl.de/~zca/Singular/how_to_cite.html, for information} |
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| 61 | on how to cite Singular) and inform us about it. |
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[91dbdf] | 62 | |
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| 63 | Please send any comments or bug reports to |
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[779b5f9] | 64 | @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}. |
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[91dbdf] | 65 | |
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| 66 | The following parts of @sc{Singular} have their own copyright: the Gnu Multiple |
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| 67 | Precision Library (GMP), the Multi Protocol library (MP), the Readline library, |
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[e9f383] | 68 | the Factory library, and the libfac library. |
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[91dbdf] | 69 | Their copyrights and licences can be found in the accompanying files |
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| 70 | which are distributed along with these libraries. |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | @section Availability |
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[2f786f] | 73 | |
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[91dbdf] | 74 | The latest information about @sc{Singular} is always available from |
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[f36635] | 75 | @uref{http://www.ma@-the@-ma@-tik.uni-kl.de/~zca/Singular}. |
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[6fc50d] | 76 | @ifset singularmanual |
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[91dbdf] | 77 | The program @sc{Singular} and the above mentioned parts are available via |
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[15e2754] | 78 | anonymous ftp through the following addresses: |
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[91dbdf] | 79 | @table @asis |
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| 80 | @item GMP |
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| 81 | @copyright{} Free Software Foundation: |
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| 82 | @code{libgmp-2.0.2.tar.gz} |
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[f36635] | 83 | @* @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu} or its mirrors |
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[91dbdf] | 84 | @item readline |
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| 85 | @copyright{} Free Software Foundation: |
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| 86 | @code{libreadline-2.0.tar.gz} |
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[f36635] | 87 | @* @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu} or its mirrors |
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[91dbdf] | 88 | @item MP |
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| 89 | @copyright{} Gray/Kajler/Wang, Kent State University: |
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| 90 | @code{MP-1.1.2.tar.gz}, |
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[f36635] | 91 | @* @uref{http://SymbolicNet.mcs.kent.edu/areas/protocols/mp.html} |
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[2f786f] | 92 | @item Factory |
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[91dbdf] | 93 | @copyright{} Greuel/Stobbe, University of Kaiserslautern: |
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| 94 | @code{factory-1.3b.tar.gz} |
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[2f786f] | 95 | @* Contact @email{factory@@mathematik.uni-kl.de} for details on Factory. |
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[91dbdf] | 96 | @item libfac |
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[6fc50d] | 97 | @copyright{} Messollen, University of |
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[e113e3] | 98 | Saarbr@"ucken: |
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[91dbdf] | 99 | @code{libfac-0.3.0.tar.gz} |
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[2f786f] | 100 | @* Contact @email{michael@@math.uni-sb.de} for details on libfac. |
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[91dbdf] | 101 | @item @sc{Singular} binaries |
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[f36635] | 102 | @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/} or via a |
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[a22eba] | 103 | WWW brow@-ser from |
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[f36635] | 104 | @uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/@-Singular/} |
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[91dbdf] | 105 | @end table |
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[6fc50d] | 106 | @end ifset |
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[91dbdf] | 107 | |
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| 108 | @section Acknowledgements |
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| 109 | |
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| 110 | The development of @sc{Singular} is directed and coordinated by |
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[fd7129] | 111 | Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister, and Hans |
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[afeddb] | 112 | Sch@"onemann. |
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[fd7129] | 113 | |
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| 114 | Contributions to the kernel of @sc{Singular} have been made by |
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[91dbdf] | 115 | Olaf Bachmann, |
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| 116 | Hubert Grassmann, |
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[f357d6e] | 117 | Kai Kr@"uger, |
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[91dbdf] | 118 | Wolfgang Neumann, |
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[afeddb] | 119 | Thomas N@"u@ss{}ler, |
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[456733d] | 120 | Wilfred Pohl, |
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[aed22cf] | 121 | Jens Schmidt, |
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[91dbdf] | 122 | Thomas Siebert, |
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[afeddb] | 123 | R@"udiger Stobbe, |
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| 124 | Moritz Wenk |
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[91dbdf] | 125 | and |
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| 126 | Tim Wichmann. |
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| 127 | |
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[6fc50d] | 128 | @sc{Singular} libraries have furthermore been contributed by |
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[fd7129] | 129 | Wolfram Decker, |
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[f357d6e] | 130 | Anne Fr@"ubis-Kr@"uger, |
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[fd7129] | 131 | Christian Gorzel, |
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| 132 | Agnes Eileen Heydtmann, |
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| 133 | Ulrich Klein, |
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| 134 | Martin Lamm, |
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[f357d6e] | 135 | Bernd Martin, |
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[fd7129] | 136 | and |
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[f357d6e] | 137 | Mathias Schulze. |
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[fd7129] | 138 | |
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[91dbdf] | 139 | We should like to acknowledge the financial support given by |
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| 140 | the Volkswagen-Stiftung, |
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| 141 | the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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[e113e3] | 142 | and the Stiftung f@"ur Innovation des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz |
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| 143 | to the @sc{Singular} project. |
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[91dbdf] | 144 | |
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