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+COPYING CONDITIONS
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+
+This is a little complicated. First of all, I hope all things are handled
+correctly. I don't want to bother anyone and I don't want to break any
+copyright terms. If you think I made a mistake, please contact me.
+
+The source code of the FreeMiNT CVS repository is based on several different
+packages with different copying terms. I spent a lot of time lately doing the
+same things on every package I updated over and over again. Furthermore, large
+parts of the code were identical in some of the packages. So my main goal was
+to get rid of such time consuming jobs, making FreeMiNT development much more
+efficient.
+
+CVS, a freely available source control system, helped a lot in achieving this
+goal. It handles a unique source base (the CVS master tree) and records every
+change with the exact date, the author and a changelog message. For that to
+work I had to restructure the kernel source, the modules, and the tools into
+one source hierarchy.
+
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+Here now a short summary which parts of the source tree apply to which
+copyright terms.
+
+======================================================================
+==> Please look at the header of the files for exact informations! <==
+======================================================================
+
+This is just a hint how things are sorted. Files that fall under the GPL
+are marked with `COPYING.GPL'.
+
+sys/             - COPYING.MiNT if copyright is held by Eric Smith,
+                   otherwise it's stated at the top of the file
+  
+  adi            - COPYING.GPL
+  
+  gen-syscall/   - COPYING.GPL
+  
+  sockets/       - Copyright Kay Roemer, see sys/sockets/COPYING
+    xif/         - various authors, see file header
+  
+  xdd/           - COPYING.GPL if not stated otherwise
+    flop_raw/    - Public Domain
+  
+  xfs/
+    ext2fs/      - COPYING.GPL
+    minixfs/     - Copyright S.N. Henson, see sys/xfs/minixfs/COPYING
+    nfs/         - Copyright Ulrich Kuehn, see sys/xfs/nfs/COPYING
+      ksocket/   - COPYING.GPL
+
+tools/           - COPYING.GPL if not stated otherwise
+
+  minix/         - Copyright S.N. Henson, see sys/xfs/minixfs/COPYING
+  nfs/           - Copyright Ulrich Kuehn, see sys/xfs/nfs/COPYING
+  toswin2/       - Public Domain
+
+xaaes/           - COPYING.GPL
+
+
+Frank Naumann
+<fnaumann@freemint.de>