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2012-05-19 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
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Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
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* manual/contrib.texi: Completely rewritten. It contains now an
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alphabetical list of contributors and their contributions.
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2012-05-21 Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
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@c %MENU% Who wrote what parts of the GNU C Library
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@appendix Contributors to @theglibc{}
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@Theglibc{} was written originally by Roland McGrath, and is
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currently maintained by Ulrich Drepper. Some parts of the library were
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contributed or worked on by other people.
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@Theglibc{} project would like to thank its many contributors.
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Without them the project would not have been nearly as successful as
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it has been. Any omissions in this list are accidental. Feel free to
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file a bug in bugzilla if you have been left out or some of your
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contributions are not listed. Please keep this list in alphabetical
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order.
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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The @code{getopt} function and related code was written by
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Richard Stallman, @w{David J.} MacKenzie, and @w{Roland McGrath}.
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@item
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The merge sort function @code{qsort} was written by Michael J. Haertel.
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Ryan S. Arnold for his improvements for Linux on PowerPC.
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@item
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The quick sort function used as a fallback by @code{qsort} was written
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by Douglas C. Schmidt.
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Miles Bader for writing the @code{argp} argument-parsing package, and the
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@code{argz}/@code{envz} interfaces.
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@item
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The memory allocation functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and
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@code{free} and related code were written by Michael J. Haertel,
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@w{Wolfram Gloger}, and @w{Doug Lea}.
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Jeff Bailey for his maintainership of the HPPA architecture.
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@item
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Fast implementations of many of the string functions (@code{memcpy},
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@code{strlen}, etc.) were written by Torbj@"orn Granlund.
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Petr Baudis for bug fixes and testing.
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@item
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The @file{tar.h} header file was written by David J. MacKenzie.
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Stephen R. van den Berg for contributing a highly-optimized
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@code{strstr} function.
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@item
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The port to the MIPS DECStation running Ultrix 4
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(@code{mips-dec-ultrix4})
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was contributed by Brendan Kehoe and Ian Lance Taylor.
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Eric Blake for adding O(n) implementations of @code{memmem},
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@code{strstr} and @code{strcasestr}.
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@item
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The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were
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contributed by Michael Glad.
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Philip Blundell for the ports to Linux/ARM
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(@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM standalone
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(@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as for parts of the IPv6
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support code.
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@item
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The @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} functions were contributed by Ulrich Drepper.
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Per Bothner for the implementation of the @code{libio} library which
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is used to implement @code{stdio} functions.
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@item
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The startup code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by
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Tom Quinn.
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Mark Brown for his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering
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committee.
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@item
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The @code{mktime} function was contributed by Paul Eggert.
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Thomas Bushnell for his contributions to Hurd.
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@item
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The port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix version 3
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(@code{i386-sequent-bsd}) was contributed by Jason Merrill.
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Liubov Dmitrieva for optimzed string functions on x86-64 and x86.
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@item
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Ulrich Drepper for his many contributions in almost all parts of
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@theglibc{}, including:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item internationalization support, including the @code{locale} and
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@code{localedef} utilities.
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@item Linux i386/ELF support
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@item the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48} families of functions,
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reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the @code{random}
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family; System V shared memory and IPC support code
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@item several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86
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processors
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@item many math functions
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@item the character conversion functions (@code{iconv})
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@item the @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} functions
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@item the floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends
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and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf},
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@code{strtod} and friends
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@item the @code{catgets} support and the entire suite of multi-byte
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and wide-character support functions (@file{wctype.h}, @file{wchar.h}, etc.).
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@item versioning of objects on the symbol level
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@end itemize
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@item
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Paul Eggert for the @code{mktime} function and for his direction as
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part of @theglibc{} steering committee.
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@item
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Mike Frysinger for his maintaining of the IA64 architecture and for
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testing and bug fixing.
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@item
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Michael Glad for the DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related
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functions.
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@item
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Wolfram Gloger for contributing the memory allocation functions
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functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} and related
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code.
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@item
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Torbj@"orn Granlund for fast implementations of many of the string
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functions (@code{memcpy}, @code{strlen}, etc.).
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@item
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Michael J. Haertel for writing the merge sort function @code{qsort}
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and malloc checking functions like @code{mcheck}.
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@item
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Bruno Haible for his improvements to the @code{iconv} and locale
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implementations.
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@item
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Richard Henderson for the port to Linux on Alpha
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(@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}).
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@item
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Daniel Jacobowitz for various fixes and enhancements.
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@item
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Andreas Jaeger for the port to Linux on x86-64
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(@code{x86_64-@var{anything}-linux} and his work on Linux for MIPS
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(@code{mips-@var{anything}-linux}), implementing the @file{ldconfig}
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program, providing a test suite for the math library and for his
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direction as part of @theglibc{} steering committee.
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@item
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Aurelien Jarno for various fixes.
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@item
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Jakub Jelinek for implementing a number of checking functions and for
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his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering committee.
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@item
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Geoffrey Keating for the port to Linux on PowerPC
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(@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux}).
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@item
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Brendan Kehoe for contributing the port to the MIPS DECStation running
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Ultrix 4 (@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}) and the port to the DEC Alpha
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running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}).
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@item
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Mark Kettenis for implementing the @code{utmpx} interface and an utmp
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daemon, and for a Hesiod NSS module.
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@item
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Kazumoto Kojima for the port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS
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architecture (@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) and for his work on the
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SH architecture.
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@item
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Andreas Krebbel for his work on Linux for s390 and s390x.
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@item
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Thorsten Kukuk for providing an implementation for NIS (YP) and NIS+,
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securelevel 0, 1 and 2 and for the implementation for a caching daemon
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for NSS (@file{nscd}).
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@item
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Jeff Law for various fixes.
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@item
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Doug Lea for contributing the memory allocation functions
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functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} and related
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code.
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@item
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Hongjiu Lu for providing the support for a Linux 32-bit runtime
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environment under x86-64 (x32), for porting to Linux on IA64, for
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improved string functions and many bug fixes.
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@item
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Luis Machado for optimized functions on PowerPC.
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@item
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David J. MacKenzie for his contribution to the @code{getopt}
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function and writing the @file{tar.h} header.
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@item
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Greg McGary for adding runtime support for bounds checking.
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@item
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Roland McGrath for writing most of @theglibc{} originally, for his
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work on the Hurd port, his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering
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committee, and for many bug fixes and reviewing of contributions.
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@item
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Jason Merrill for the port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix
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version 3 (@code{i386-sequent-bsd}).
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@item
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Chris Metcalf for the port to Linux/Tile
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(@code{tilegx-@var{anything}-linux} and
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@code{tilepro-@var{anything}-linux}).
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@item
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David Miller for contributing the port to Linux/Sparc
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(@code{sparc*-@var{anything}-linux}).
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@item
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Alan Modra for his improvements for Linux on PowerPC.
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@item
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David Mosberger-Tang for contributing the port to Linux/Alpha
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(@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}).
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@item
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Stephen Moshier for implementing some 128-bit long double format math
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functions.
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@item
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Stephen Munroe for his port to Linux on PowerPC64
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(@code{powerpc64-@var{anything}-linux}) and for adding optimized
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implementations for PowerPC.
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@item
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Joseph S. Myers for numerous bug fixes for the libm functions and for
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his maintainership of the ARM and MIPS architectures.
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@item
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Carlos O'Donell for his maintainership of the HPPA architecture and
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maintaining @theglibc{} web pages.
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@item
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Alexandra Oliva for adding TLS descriptors for LD and GD on x86 and
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x86-64.
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@item
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Paul Pluzhnikov for various fixes.
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@item
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Marek Polacek for various fixes.
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@item
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Siddhesh Poyarekar for various fixes.
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@item
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Pravin Satpute for writing sorting rules for some Indian languages.
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@item
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Martin Schwidefsky for porting to Linux on s390
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(@code{s390-@var{anything}-linux}) and s390x
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(@code{s390x-@var{anything}-linux}).
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@item
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Carlos Eduardo Seo for optimized functions on PowerPC.
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@item
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Franz Sirl for various fixes.
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@item
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Jes Sorensen for porting to Linux on IA64 (@code{ia64-@var{anything}-linux}).
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@item
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Richard Stallman for his contribution to the @code{getopt} function.
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@item
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Douglas C. Schmidt for writing the quick sort function used as a
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fallback by @code{qsort}.
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@item
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Andreas Schwab for the port to Linux/m68k
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(@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) and for his direction as part of
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@theglibc{} steering committee.
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@item
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Thomas Schwinge for his contribution to Hurd and the SH architecture.
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@item
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Alfred M. Szmidt for various fixes.
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@item
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Ian Lance Taylor for contributing the port to the MIPS DECStation
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running Ultrix 4 (@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}).
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@item
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Tom Quinn for contributing the startup code to support SunOS shared
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libraries and the port to SGI machines running Irix 4
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(@code{mips-sgi-irix4}).
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@item
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Tim Waugh for the implementation of the POSIX.2 @code{wordexp}
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function family.
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@item
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Eric Youngdale for implementing versioning of objects on the symbol level.
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@item
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Adhemerval Zanella for optimized functions on PowerPC.
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@end itemize
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Some code in @theglibc{} comes from other projects and might be under
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a different license:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone
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package by Arthur David Olson and his many contributors.
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@item
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The port to the DEC Alpha running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}) was
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contributed by Brendan Kehoe, using some code written by Roland McGrath.
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@item
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The port to SGI machines running Irix 4 (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}) was
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contributed by Tom Quinn.
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@item
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The port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS architecture
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(@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) was contributed by Kazumoto Kojima.
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@item
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The floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends
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and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf},
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@code{strtod} and friends were written by Ulrich Drepper. The
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multi-precision integer functions used in those functions are taken from
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GNU MP, which was contributed by Torbj@"orn Granlund.
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@item
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The internationalization support in the library, and the support
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programs @code{locale} and @code{localedef}, were written by Ulrich
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Drepper. Ulrich Drepper adapted the support code for message catalogs
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(@file{libintl.h}, etc.) from the GNU @code{gettext} package, which he
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also wrote. He also contributed the @code{catgets} support and the
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entire suite of multi-byte and wide-character support functions
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(@file{wctype.h}, @file{wchar.h}, etc.).
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@item
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The implementations of the @file{nsswitch.conf} mechanism and the files
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and DNS backends for it were designed and written by Ulrich Drepper and
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Roland McGrath, based on a backend interface defined by Peter Eriksson.
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@item
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The port to Linux i386/ELF (@code{i386-@var{anything}-linux}) was
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contributed by Ulrich Drepper, based in large part on work done in
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Hongjiu Lu's Linux version of @theglibc{}.
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@item
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The port to Linux/m68k (@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) was
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contributed by Andreas Schwab.
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@item
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The ports to Linux/ARM (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM
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standalone (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as parts of the
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IPv6 support code, were contributed by Philip Blundell.
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@item
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Richard Henderson contributed the ELF dynamic linking code and other
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support for the Alpha processor.
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@item
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David Mosberger-Tang contributed the port to Linux/Alpha
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(@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}).
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@item
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The port to Linux on PowerPC (@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux})
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was contributed by Geoffrey Keating.
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@item
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Miles Bader wrote the argp argument-parsing package, and the argz/envz
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interfaces.
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@item
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Stephen R. van den Berg contributed a highly-optimized @code{strstr} function.
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@item
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Ulrich Drepper contributed the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48}
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families of functions; reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the
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@code{random} family; System V shared memory and IPC support code; and
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several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86 processors.
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@item
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The math functions are taken from @code{fdlibm-5.1} by Sun
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Microsystems, as modified by J.T. Conklin, Ian Lance Taylor,
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Ulrich Drepper, Andreas Schwab, and Roland McGrath.
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@item
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The @code{libio} library used to implement @code{stdio} functions on
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some platforms was written by Per Bothner and modified by Ulrich Drepper.
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@item
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Eric Youngdale and Ulrich Drepper implemented versioning of objects on
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the symbol level.
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@item
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Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for NIS (YP) and NIS+,
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securelevel 0, 1 and 2.
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@item
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Andreas Jaeger provided a test suite for the math library.
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@item
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Mark Kettenis implemented the utmpx interface and an utmp daemon.
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@item
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Ulrich Drepper added character conversion functions (@code{iconv}).
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@item
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Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for a caching daemon for NSS
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(nscd).
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@item
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Tim Waugh provided an implementation of the POSIX.2 wordexp function family.
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@item
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Mark Kettenis provided a Hesiod NSS module.
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@item
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The Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and
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several other miscellaneous functions and header files have been
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included from 4.4 BSD with little or no modification. The copying
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permission notice for this code can be found in the file @file{LICENSES}
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in the source distribution.
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Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU;
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the file if_ppp.h is also copyright by CMU, but under a different license;
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see the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the licenses.
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changes to fit into @theglibc{} and to fit the @w{ISO C} standard,
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but the functional code is Berkeley's.@refill
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The Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and
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several other miscellaneous functions and header files have been
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included from 4.4 BSD with little or no modification. The copying
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permission notice for this code can be found in the file @file{LICENSES}
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in the source distribution.
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@item
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The @code{getaddrinfo} and @code{getnameinfo} functions and supporting
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code were written by Craig Metz; see the file @file{LICENSES} for
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details on their licensing.
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@item
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The DNS resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.5, which
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includes copyrighted code from UC Berkeley and from Digital Equipment
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@ -192,9 +330,14 @@ The code to support Sun RPC is taken verbatim from Sun's
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text of the license.
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@item
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Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU;
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the file if_ppp.h is also copyright by CMU, but under a different license;
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see the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the licenses.
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The math functions are taken from @code{fdlibm-5.1} by Sun
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Microsystems, as modified by J.T. Conklin, Ian Lance Taylor,
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Ulrich Drepper, Andreas Schwab, and Roland McGrath.
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@item
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Many of the IEEE 64-bit double precision math functions
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(in the @file{sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64} subdirectory) come
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from the IBM Accurate Mathematical Library, contributed by IBM.
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@item
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Many of the IA64 math functions are taken from a collection of
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@ -202,14 +345,4 @@ Many of the IA64 math functions are taken from a collection of
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makes available under a free license; see the file @file{LICENSES} for
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details.
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@item
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The @code{getaddrinfo} and @code{getnameinfo} functions and supporting
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code were written by Craig Metz; see the file @file{LICENSES} for
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details on their licensing.
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@item
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Many of the IEEE 64-bit double precision math functions
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(in the @file{sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64} subdirectory) come
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from the IBM Accurate Mathematical Library, contributed by IBM.
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