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 # 
                       LICENSE INFORMATION
 
-For the purposes of this document the Real Time Executive for
-Missile Systems (RTEMS) is defined to include all source code,
-documentation, shell utilities developed by On-Line Applications
-Research Corporation (OAR) under contract of the U.S. Army
-Missile Command.  OAR obtained the copyright for RTEMS and
-subsequently assigned ownership of said copyright to the
-U.S. Government.  As part of this transfer, OAR waived all
-claims of ownership for RTEMS.  Since OAR no longer makes claims
-of ownership of RTEMS, OAR in no event shall be held liable 
-for damages including any general, special, incidental or 
-consequential damages arising out of the use or inability 
-to use the RTEMS software or documentation or of the support 
-services provided (including but not limited to loss of data or 
-data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or 
-third parties or a failure of the program to operate with any 
-other programs), even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
-
-Simply stated any file containing the U.S. Government
-copyright notice or relocatables derived from one or more of
-these files are covered by this agreement.
-
-RTEMS may be reproduced by or for the U.S. Government pursuant
-to the copyright license under the clause at DFARS 252.227-7013.
-The following notice must appear in all copies of RTEMS and its
-derivatives:
-
-    COPYRIGHT (c) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994.
-    On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
-    All rights assigned to U.S. Government, 1994.
-
-    This material may be reproduced by or for the U.S. Government
-    pursuant to the copyright license under the clause at DFARS
-    252.227-7013.  This notice must appear in all copies of this
-    material and its derivatives.
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-are met:
-
-  1. Redistributions of source code and documentation must retain the 
-     above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following 
-     disclaimer.
-
-  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-     Redistributions in binary form must contain or make available the 
-     RTEMS source code.
-
-  3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-     must display the following acknowledgement:
-       This product includes software developed for the U.S. Government 
-       by On-Line Applications Research Corp. 
-
-  4. Neither the name of the author nor the U.S. Government may be used to 
-     endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific 
-     prior written permission.
- 
-
-RTEMS is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either
-expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied
-warranties of merchantability, title and fitness for a
-particular purpose.  The U.S. Government does not warrant that 
-the RTEMS software or documentation will satisfy your requirements 
-or that the software and documentation are without defect or error 
-or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted. 
-
-The U.S. Government shall in no event shall be held liable for 
-damages including any general, special, incidental or consequential 
-damages arising out of the use or inability to use the RTEMS software 
-or documentation or of the support services provided (including
-but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered
-inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a
-failure of the program to operate with any other programs), even
-if the U.S. Government has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
-
-The U.S. Government reserves the right to revise this material 
-and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without
-obligation to notify anyone or any organization of such revision
-or changes.  
-
-OAR remains the sole organization authorized by contract to
-distribute or provide support and training for the Real-Time
-Executive for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS).
-
-In order to promote future research activities within the U.S.
-Government, we request that potential users of RTEMS notify us
-as to the systems that RTEMS is being utilized.  This will allow
-us to publicize our Dual-Use / Reuse capabilities in support of
-the current administration's goals.  This can be accomplished by
-calling the RTEMS phone numbers published in the documentation
-or by electronic mail to "rtems@redstone.army.mil".  Your
-cooperation is greatly appreciated.  Again, thank you for using
-RTEMS.
-
-RTEMS
-U.S. ARMY Missile Command
-ATTN: AMSMI-RD-GC-S
-Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5254
-Voice: (205) 842-6906
-FAX:   (205) 842-6917
-EMAIL: rtems@redstone.army.mil
-
-
-On-Line Applications Research Corporation.
-2227 Drake Avenue SW
-Suite 10-F
-Huntsville, AL 35805
-(205) 883-0131
-
-
-
-
+RTEMS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.  RTEMS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details. You should have received
+a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RTEMS; see
+file COPYINGB. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 675
+Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+As a special exception, including RTEMS header files in a file,
+instantiating RTEMS generics or templates, or linking other files
+with RTEMS objects to produce an executable application, does not
+by itself cause the resulting executable application to be covered
+by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not
+however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be
+covered by the GNU Public License.