<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">thanks bill. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Anyone knows what SUN micro has to do with MPICH2 ? From the licensing's 'obligation' doc, it looks like SUN provided an artwork to MPICH or MPICH2.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">how about Dolphin Interconnect and Etnus ? Etnus must be for interface to total view ?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: William Gropp <gropp@mcs.anl.gov><BR>To: chong tan <chong_guan_tan@yahoo.com><BR>Cc: mpich-discuss@mcs.anl.gov<BR>Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 2:56:45 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [MPICH] who own(s) the copy right of MPICH2 ?<BR><BR>MPICH1 contains the C++ binding originally provided by the University of Notre Dame. MPICH2 does not use any of that code (it uses its own system to implement the C++ bindings) and does not use any LAM/MPI code.
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<DIV>Bill</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jun 18, 2007, at 4:11 PM, chong tan wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">I am in the final stage of productizing a code using MPICH for communication.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">My Legal department gives me 6 pages of message/acknowledgement/obligation-to-use</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">message to be displayed when my code runs, plus 10 pages or more ack/leg messages</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">to be included/reproduced with the help/doc/training. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">I look at the list of copyrights owners, they are</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- University of Chicago</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- Argonne National Lab</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- University Notre Dame</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- The Ohio State University</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- The trustee of Indianna University</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- Clemson Univerity</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- University of Mississipi</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- University of Chicago, Ohio Supercomputer Center</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- Massachusetts Institute of Technology</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">- SUN micro System</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">there is one particular message, for Trustees of Indiana University, Norte Dame University and Ohio State University, I think is on LAM/MPI:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">"This product includes software developed at the </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ohio</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Supercomputer</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Center</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> at The Ohio State University, the University of Notre Dame and the Pervasive Technology Labs at </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY:
Times New Roman">Indiana</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">University</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> with original ideas contributed from </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Cornell</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">University</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">. For technical information contact Andrew Lumsdaine at the Pervasive Technology Labs at </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Indiana</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times
New Roman"> </SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">University</SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">administrative and license questions contact the Advanced Research and Technology Institute at 351 West 10th St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, phone 317-274-5905, fax 317-274-5902."</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">I just want to ask those with the inside connection: Who should I cite as the copyright owner of MPICH2 in my software ? I don't build MPICH with LAM, should I still ack the copyright owners of LAM/MPI ?</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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