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2 | @c %MENU% Who wrote what parts of the GNU C Library |
3 | @appendix Contributors to @theglibc{} | |
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5 | @Theglibc{} project would like to thank its many contributors. |
6 | Without them the project would not have been nearly as successful as | |
7 | it has been. Any omissions in this list are accidental. Feel free to | |
8 | file a bug in bugzilla if you have been left out or some of your | |
9 | contributions are not listed. Please keep this list in alphabetical | |
10 | order. | |
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11 | |
12 | @itemize @bullet | |
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3c20b9b6 | 14 | @item |
d8e272ab | 15 | Ryan S. Arnold for his improvements for Linux on PowerPC. |
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16 | |
17 | @item | |
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18 | Miles Bader for writing the @code{argp} argument-parsing package, and the |
19 | @code{argz}/@code{envz} interfaces. | |
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20 | |
21 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 22 | Jeff Bailey for his maintainership of the HPPA architecture. |
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23 | |
24 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 25 | Petr Baudis for bug fixes and testing. |
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26 | |
27 | @item | |
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28 | Stephen R. van den Berg for contributing a highly-optimized |
29 | @code{strstr} function. | |
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30 | |
31 | @item | |
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32 | Eric Blake for adding O(n) implementations of @code{memmem}, |
33 | @code{strstr} and @code{strcasestr}. | |
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34 | |
35 | @item | |
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36 | Philip Blundell for the ports to Linux/ARM |
37 | (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM standalone | |
38 | (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as for parts of the IPv6 | |
39 | support code. | |
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40 | |
41 | @item | |
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42 | Per Bothner for the implementation of the @code{libio} library which |
43 | is used to implement @code{stdio} functions. | |
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44 | |
45 | @item | |
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46 | Mark Brown for his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering |
47 | committee. | |
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48 | |
49 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 50 | Thomas Bushnell for his contributions to Hurd. |
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51 | |
52 | @item | |
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53 | Liubov Dmitrieva for optimzed string and math functions on x86-64 and |
54 | x86. | |
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55 | |
56 | @item | |
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57 | Ulrich Drepper for his many contributions in almost all parts of |
58 | @theglibc{}, including: | |
59 | @itemize @bullet | |
60 | @item internationalization support, including the @code{locale} and | |
61 | @code{localedef} utilities. | |
62 | @item Linux i386/ELF support | |
63 | @item the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48} families of functions, | |
64 | reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the @code{random} | |
65 | family; System V shared memory and IPC support code | |
66 | @item several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86 | |
67 | processors | |
68 | @item many math functions | |
69 | @item the character conversion functions (@code{iconv}) | |
70 | @item the @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} functions | |
71 | @item the floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends | |
72 | and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf}, | |
73 | @code{strtod} and friends | |
74 | @item the @code{catgets} support and the entire suite of multi-byte | |
75 | and wide-character support functions (@file{wctype.h}, @file{wchar.h}, etc.). | |
76 | @item versioning of objects on the symbol level | |
77 | @end itemize | |
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78 | |
79 | @item | |
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80 | Paul Eggert for the @code{mktime} function and for his direction as |
81 | part of @theglibc{} steering committee. | |
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83 | @item |
84 | Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho for adding a new class of installed | |
85 | headers for low-level platform-specific functionality and one such for | |
86 | PowerPC. | |
87 | ||
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89 | Mike Frysinger for his maintaining of the IA64 architecture and for |
90 | testing and bug fixing. | |
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91 | |
92 | @item | |
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93 | Michael Glad for the DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related |
94 | functions. | |
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95 | |
96 | @item | |
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97 | Wolfram Gloger for contributing the memory allocation functions |
98 | functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} and related | |
99 | code. | |
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100 | |
101 | @item | |
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102 | Torbj@"orn Granlund for fast implementations of many of the string |
103 | functions (@code{memcpy}, @code{strlen}, etc.). | |
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104 | |
105 | @item | |
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106 | Michael J. Haertel for writing the merge sort function @code{qsort} |
107 | and malloc checking functions like @code{mcheck}. | |
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108 | |
109 | @item | |
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110 | Bruno Haible for his improvements to the @code{iconv} and locale |
111 | implementations. | |
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112 | |
113 | @item | |
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114 | Richard Henderson for the port to Linux on Alpha |
115 | (@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}). | |
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116 | |
117 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 118 | Daniel Jacobowitz for various fixes and enhancements. |
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119 | |
120 | @item | |
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121 | Andreas Jaeger for the port to Linux on x86-64 |
122 | (@code{x86_64-@var{anything}-linux} and his work on Linux for MIPS | |
123 | (@code{mips-@var{anything}-linux}), implementing the @file{ldconfig} | |
124 | program, providing a test suite for the math library and for his | |
125 | direction as part of @theglibc{} steering committee. | |
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126 | |
127 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 128 | Aurelien Jarno for various fixes. |
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129 | |
130 | @item | |
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131 | Jakub Jelinek for implementing a number of checking functions and for |
132 | his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering committee. | |
133 | ||
134 | @item | |
135 | Geoffrey Keating for the port to Linux on PowerPC | |
136 | (@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux}). | |
137 | ||
138 | @item | |
139 | Brendan Kehoe for contributing the port to the MIPS DECStation running | |
140 | Ultrix 4 (@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}) and the port to the DEC Alpha | |
141 | running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}). | |
142 | ||
143 | @item | |
144 | Mark Kettenis for implementing the @code{utmpx} interface and an utmp | |
145 | daemon, and for a Hesiod NSS module. | |
146 | ||
147 | @item | |
148 | Kazumoto Kojima for the port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS | |
149 | architecture (@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) and for his work on the | |
150 | SH architecture. | |
151 | ||
152 | @item | |
153 | Andreas Krebbel for his work on Linux for s390 and s390x. | |
154 | ||
155 | @item | |
156 | Thorsten Kukuk for providing an implementation for NIS (YP) and NIS+, | |
157 | securelevel 0, 1 and 2 and for the implementation for a caching daemon | |
158 | for NSS (@file{nscd}). | |
159 | ||
160 | @item | |
161 | Jeff Law for various fixes. | |
162 | ||
163 | @item | |
164 | Doug Lea for contributing the memory allocation functions | |
165 | functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} and related | |
166 | code. | |
167 | ||
168 | @item | |
169 | Hongjiu Lu for providing the support for a Linux 32-bit runtime | |
170 | environment under x86-64 (x32), for porting to Linux on IA64, for | |
171 | improved string functions and many bug fixes. | |
172 | ||
173 | @item | |
174 | Luis Machado for optimized functions on PowerPC. | |
175 | ||
176 | @item | |
177 | David J. MacKenzie for his contribution to the @code{getopt} | |
178 | function and writing the @file{tar.h} header. | |
179 | ||
180 | @item | |
181 | Greg McGary for adding runtime support for bounds checking. | |
182 | ||
183 | @item | |
184 | Roland McGrath for writing most of @theglibc{} originally, for his | |
185 | work on the Hurd port, his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering | |
186 | committee, and for many bug fixes and reviewing of contributions. | |
187 | ||
188 | @item | |
189 | Jason Merrill for the port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix | |
190 | version 3 (@code{i386-sequent-bsd}). | |
191 | ||
192 | @item | |
193 | Chris Metcalf for the port to Linux/Tile | |
194 | (@code{tilegx-@var{anything}-linux} and | |
195 | @code{tilepro-@var{anything}-linux}). | |
196 | ||
197 | @item | |
198 | David Miller for contributing the port to Linux/Sparc | |
199 | (@code{sparc*-@var{anything}-linux}). | |
200 | ||
201 | @item | |
202 | Alan Modra for his improvements for Linux on PowerPC. | |
203 | ||
204 | @item | |
205 | David Mosberger-Tang for contributing the port to Linux/Alpha | |
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206 | (@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}). |
207 | ||
208 | @item | |
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209 | Stephen Moshier for implementing some 128-bit long double format math |
210 | functions. | |
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211 | |
212 | @item | |
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213 | Stephen Munroe for his port to Linux on PowerPC64 |
214 | (@code{powerpc64-@var{anything}-linux}) and for adding optimized | |
215 | implementations for PowerPC. | |
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216 | |
217 | @item | |
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218 | Joseph S. Myers for numerous bug fixes for the libm functions and for |
219 | his maintainership of the ARM and MIPS architectures. | |
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220 | |
221 | @item | |
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222 | Carlos O'Donell for his maintainership of the HPPA architecture and |
223 | maintaining @theglibc{} web pages. | |
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224 | |
225 | @item | |
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226 | Alexandra Oliva for adding TLS descriptors for LD and GD on x86 and |
227 | x86-64. | |
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228 | |
229 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 230 | Paul Pluzhnikov for various fixes. |
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231 | |
232 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 233 | Marek Polacek for various fixes. |
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234 | |
235 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 236 | Siddhesh Poyarekar for various fixes. |
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238 | @item |
239 | Tom Quinn for contributing the startup code to support SunOS shared | |
240 | libraries and the port to SGI machines running Irix 4 | |
241 | (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}). | |
242 | ||
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d8e272ab | 244 | Pravin Satpute for writing sorting rules for some Indian languages. |
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246 | @item |
247 | Douglas C. Schmidt for writing the quick sort function used as a | |
248 | fallback by @code{qsort}. | |
249 | ||
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250 | @item |
251 | Will Schmidt for optimized string functions on PowerPC. | |
252 | ||
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253 | @item |
254 | Andreas Schwab for the port to Linux/m68k | |
255 | (@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) and for his direction as part of | |
256 | @theglibc{} steering committee. | |
257 | ||
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259 | Martin Schwidefsky for porting to Linux on s390 |
260 | (@code{s390-@var{anything}-linux}) and s390x | |
261 | (@code{s390x-@var{anything}-linux}). | |
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263 | @item |
264 | Thomas Schwinge for his contribution to Hurd and the SH architecture. | |
265 | ||
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d8e272ab | 267 | Carlos Eduardo Seo for optimized functions on PowerPC. |
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268 | |
269 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 270 | Franz Sirl for various fixes. |
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271 | |
272 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 273 | Jes Sorensen for porting to Linux on IA64 (@code{ia64-@var{anything}-linux}). |
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274 | |
275 | @item | |
d8e272ab | 276 | Richard Stallman for his contribution to the @code{getopt} function. |
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278 | @item |
279 | Alfred M. Szmidt for various fixes. | |
280 | ||
281 | @item | |
282 | Ian Lance Taylor for contributing the port to the MIPS DECStation | |
283 | running Ultrix 4 (@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}). | |
284 | ||
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285 | @item |
286 | Samuel Thibault for improving the Hurd port. | |
287 | ||
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288 | @item |
289 | Tim Waugh for the implementation of the POSIX.2 @code{wordexp} | |
290 | function family. | |
291 | ||
292 | @item | |
293 | Eric Youngdale for implementing versioning of objects on the symbol level. | |
294 | ||
295 | @item | |
296 | Adhemerval Zanella for optimized functions on PowerPC. | |
297 | ||
298 | @end itemize | |
299 | ||
300 | Some code in @theglibc{} comes from other projects and might be under | |
301 | a different license: | |
302 | ||
303 | @itemize @bullet | |
304 | @item | |
305 | The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone | |
306 | package by Arthur David Olson and his many contributors. | |
307 | ||
308 | @item | |
309 | Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU; | |
310 | the file if_ppp.h is also copyright by CMU, but under a different license; | |
311 | see the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the licenses. | |
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312 | |
313 | @item | |
314 | The random number generation functions @code{random}, @code{srandom}, | |
315 | @code{setstate} and @code{initstate}, which are also the basis for the | |
316 | @code{rand} and @code{srand} functions, were written by Earl T. Cohen | |
317 | for the University of California at Berkeley and are copyrighted by the | |
318 | Regents of the University of California. They have undergone minor | |
1f77f049 | 319 | changes to fit into @theglibc{} and to fit the @w{ISO C} standard, |
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320 | but the functional code is Berkeley's.@refill |
321 | ||
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322 | @item |
323 | The Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and | |
324 | several other miscellaneous functions and header files have been | |
325 | included from 4.4 BSD with little or no modification. The copying | |
326 | permission notice for this code can be found in the file @file{LICENSES} | |
327 | in the source distribution. | |
328 | ||
329 | @item | |
330 | The @code{getaddrinfo} and @code{getnameinfo} functions and supporting | |
331 | code were written by Craig Metz; see the file @file{LICENSES} for | |
332 | details on their licensing. | |
333 | ||
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335 | The DNS resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.5, which |
336 | includes copyrighted code from UC Berkeley and from Digital Equipment | |
337 | Corporation. See the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the DEC license. | |
338 | ||
339 | @item | |
340 | The code to support Sun RPC is taken verbatim from Sun's | |
341 | @w{@sc{rpcsrc-4.0}} distribution; see the file @file{LICENSES} for the | |
342 | text of the license. | |
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345 | The math functions are taken from @code{fdlibm-5.1} by Sun |
346 | Microsystems, as modified by J.T. Conklin, Ian Lance Taylor, | |
347 | Ulrich Drepper, Andreas Schwab, and Roland McGrath. | |
348 | ||
349 | @item | |
350 | Many of the IEEE 64-bit double precision math functions | |
351 | (in the @file{sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64} subdirectory) come | |
352 | from the IBM Accurate Mathematical Library, contributed by IBM. | |
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354 | @item |
355 | Many of the IA64 math functions are taken from a collection of | |
356 | ``Highly Optimized Mathematical Functions for Itanium'' that Intel | |
357 | makes available under a free license; see the file @file{LICENSES} for | |
358 | details. | |
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3c20b9b6 | 360 | @end itemize |