This is the Linux port of OSF's public domain 1.1 DCE library. For those of you familiar with DCE, this is not the 1.2x source which cannot be distributed as source or binaries, nor does it contain any cryptographic code (kerberos, secure rpc, des or otherwise). The copyright is included below and seems to me to qualify as a 'main' package. This package contains the idl compiler, the dce.rpcd endpoint mapper daemon, dce libraries and includes suitable for developing DCE applications, even ones that can interoperate with the current DCE sources. The way I was planning on setting this up was 2 packages, libdce1(libs) and libdce1-dev(devel). The runtime will contain the libdce.so.1.x libraries and dce.rpcd endpoint mapper suitable for running apps developed with the second package (the runtime requires the endpoint mapper, the library is no good without it). The dev package will contain the idl compiler, static libs and headers, It will be dependant on c-compiler and make (since the idl uses these). The reason for the '1' is that if the DCE 1.2x source ever get's a license that would allow even limited distribution then the runtime and libararies may need to conflict. There are several reasons for this, the main one is that there will need to be some leeway since I personally doubt that DCE 1.2x will be able to upgrade right over 1.1 seemlessly. If this isn't the case and they are upgradable then i will keep with the libdce1 package name, but I am thinking ahead to save myself from possible headaches later on. Currently this source works with sparc (which I have compiled), i386 (compiled as well) and alpha(not tried). If others feel like porting it, I will be more than happy to maintain the patches with the source. Arch specific files are very well seperated from the rest of the source, so it is only matter of adding the new files as oppsed to searching for every tiny diff. thanks --------- Begin copyright (c) Copyright 1994 OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC. (c) Copyright 1994 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY (c) Copyright 1994 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION To anyone who acknowledges that this file is provided "AS IS" without any express or implied warranty: permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this file for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notices and this notice appears in all source code copies, and that none of the names of Open Software Foundation, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, or Digital Equipment Corporation be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission. Neither Open Software Foundation, Inc., Hewlett- Packard Company, nor Digital Equipment Corporation makes any representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. -- ------------------------------------------------ Ben Collins <b.m.collins@larc.nasa.gov> UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. - CSC
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