Joe Orton wrote:
> I was a bit worried by the copyright notice in this file:
> 
> !*  This code is based on the UltraSPARC atomics library by Mike Bennett
> !*  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Mike Bennett,
> !*  mbennett@netcom.com, Copyright (C) 1999. All Rights Reserved.
> !*  This code is based on the sparc architecture Manual version 9
> !*  section J.11 (page 333)
> 
> Forgive my ignorance of copyright matters, but if the copyright notice
> just said "all rights reserved" and no more, then surely you have been
> given *no* rights to reproduce/modify/make-derivative-works/etc?
> 
> Was there a more revealing copyright notice on original files this code
> was copied from?
> 
no.. I don't think so.
The actual code I belive was actually in the sample for the 'cas' 
instruction in the reference manual.

> joe
>