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@@ -1,36 +1,33 @@ + ******************************** Welcome to the Cactus Code - Version 4.0 ******************************** -All Cactus source code is (c) Copyright by the Authors listed in the -respective README and source files that you will find scattered thru -the directory structure of all the thorns. This is a truly -collaborative development project that benefits from input of many -people worldwide and we try our best to give credit to every -contribution. The cactus code web page at - http://www.cactuscode.org -contains an extensive list of authors to all the thorns that are -part of the Cactus Code project. - -The flesh of the Cactus Code and the design of the project is (c) -Copyright 1997-99 by Gabrielle Allen, Tom Goodale, Joan Masso and Paul -Walker from the Numerical Relativity group of the Max-Planck-Institut -fuer Gravitationphysik / Albert Einstein Institute -(http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de). - -The Cactus Code is distributed under the GNU general public license -version 2 which is available below. All thorns distributed with Cactus -follow this license unless it is explicitly stated otherwise in the -corresponding README files. - -Please, take a look at the documentation in the main doc directory or -check the cactus web page for instructions on how to run the code, -report bugs, give feedback, etc. - -Thanks for using cactus. We hope you find it useful. Love it or hate -it, please let us know what you think. -- The Cactus Team <cactus@cactuscode.org> +The Cactus Code is a truly collaborative development project that continues +to benefit from the input of many people worldwide. We try our best to give +credit to every contribution, the Cactus Code web page at + http://www.cactuscode.org +and the CONTRIBUTORS file, contains an extensive list of authors, +designers and supporters of the project. + +The Cactus Code consists of the "Flesh" and separate "Thorns". + +The Flesh of the Cactus Code is (c) Copyright by the authors +listed in the source code. + +The Cactus Users Guide and Cactus Maintainers Guide are copyright the +authors, and are freely distributable for noncommercial use. + +The Cactus Flesh, apart from the documentation described above or where +otherwise stated, is distributed under the GNU general public license +version 2 which is available below. + +The thorns are considered to be entirely separate entities from the flesh, +and are distributed under conditions described in each thorn. Linking to +or using infrastructure from the Flesh should not be considered grounds +for the GPL to apply to a thorn. + +- The Cactus Team <cactusmaint@cactuscode.org> ************************************************************************** |