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Dell™ GigaOS 6.4
Release Notes
August 2014
These release notes provide information about the Dell™ GigaOS release.
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Third-Party Contributions
Source code is available for this component on http://opensource.dell.com/releases/Dell_Software.
Dell will ship the source code to this component for a modest fee in response to a request emailed to
[email protected].
This product contains the third-party components listed below. For third-party license information, go to
http://software.dell.com/legal/license-agreements.aspx. Source code for components marked with an asterisk
(*) is available at http://opensource.dell.com.
Table 1. List of third-party contributions
Component
License or acknowledgment
abyssinica-fonts 1.0
SIL Open Font License 1.1
©2003-2013 SIL International, all rights reserved
acl 2.2.49
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
acpid 1.0.10
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
alsa-lib 1.0.22
GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
alsa-plugins 1.0.21
GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
alsa-utils 1.0.22
GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
at 3.1.10
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
atk 1.28.0
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
attr 2.4.44
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
audit 2.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
authconfig 6.1.12
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
avahi 0.6.25
GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
b43-fwcutter 012
GNU General Public License 2.0
basesystem 10.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
bash 4.1.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
bc 1.06.95
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
bind 9.8.2
ISC 1995-2011. Copyright 2004-2011 by Internet Systems Consortium,
Inc. (“ISC”). Copyright 1995-2003 by Internet Software Consortium.
binutils 2.20.51.0.2
GNU LGPL Version 3
biosdevname 0.4.1
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
blktrace 1.0.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
bridge-utils 1.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
btparser 0.17
GNU General Public License 2.0
busybox 1.15.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
bzip2 1.0.5
Portions copyright 1996-2007 Julian R Seward. All rights reserved.
ca-certificates 2010.63
GNU General Public License 2.0
cdparanoia 10.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
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Component
License or acknowledgment
checkpolicy 2.0.22
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
chkconfig 1.3.49.3
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
cjkuni-fonts 0.2.20080216.1
Arphic 1999. ARPHIC PUBLIC LICENSE
comps-extras 17.8
GNU General Public License 2.0
ConsoleKit 0.4.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
control-center 2.28.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
coreutils 8.4
GNU General Public License (GPL) 3
cpio 2.10
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
cpuspeed 1.5
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
cracklib 2.8.9
Artistic License 2.0
crda 1.1.1_2010.11.2
ISC 1995-2011. Copyright 2004-2011 by Internet Systems Consortium,
Inc. (“ISC”). Copyright 1995-2003 by Internet Software Consortium.
cronie 1.4.4
ISC 1995-2011. Copyright 2004-2011 by Internet Systems Consortium,
Inc. (“ISC”). Copyright 1995-2003 by Internet Software Consortium.
cryptsetup-luks 1.2.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
cups 1.4.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
cURL 7.19.7
MIT. Copyright ©.
cyrus-sasl 2.1.23
This product includes software developed by Computing Services at
Carnegie Mellon University (http: //www.cmu.edu/computing/).
dash 0.5.5.1
Copyright © 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All
rights reserved.
Copyright © 1997-2005 Herbert Xu All rights reserved.
BSD-style license
db4 4.7.25
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
dbus 1.2.24
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
dbus-glib 0.86
GNU Library General License 2
dbus-python 0.83.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
dejavu-fonts 2.30
Copyright 2003 by Bitstream, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
desktop-file-utils 0.15
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
DeviceKit-power 014
GNU Library General Public License 2.0
device-mapper-multipath 0.4.9
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
device-mapper-persistent-data 0.1.4 GNU General Public License (GPL) 3
diffutils 2.8.1
GNU General Public License 2
dmidecode 2.11
GNU General Public License 2
dmraid 1.0.0.rc16
GNU General Public License 2
dmz-cursor-themes 0.4
Creative Commons 3.0
dnsmasq 2.48
GNU General Public License 2
docbook-dtds 1.0
DocBook DTD
Copyright 1992-2000 HaL Computer Systems, Inc., O’Reilly & Associates,
Inc., ArborText, Inc., Fujitsu Software Corporation, and the
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
(OASIS).
dosfstools 3.0.9
GNU General Public License 2
dracut 004
GNU General Public License 2
e2fsprogs 1.41.12
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
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Component
License or acknowledgment
ed 1.1
GNU General Public License 2
eggdbus 0.6
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
eject 2.1.5
GNU General Public License 2
elfutils 0.152
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
eog 2.28.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
ethtool 3.5
GNU General Public License 2.0
evolution-data-server 2.28.3
GNU General Public License 2.0
exempi 2.1.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
expat 2.0.1
MIT. Copyright ©. Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000 Thai Open Source
Software Center Ltd and Clark Cooper Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006 Expat maintainers.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
“Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies.
festival 1.96
GNU General Public License 2.0
file 5.0.4
BSD-style license
findutils 4.4.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
fipscheck 1.2.0
BSD Simple. Copyright. All rights reserved.
firstboot 1.110.14
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
flac 1.2.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
fontpackages 1.41
GNU General Public License 2.0
fprintd 0.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
freetype 2.3.11
FreeType Project LICENSE 1.0. Copyright 1996-2002, 2006 David Turner,
Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg
Portions of this software are copyright 2006 The FreeType Project
(www.freetype.org). All rights reserved.
FUSE 2.8.3
GNU Library General Public License 2.0
gamin 0.1.10
GNU General Public License 2
gawk 3.1.7
GNU General Public License 2
gcc 4.4.7
GNU General Public License 2.0
GConf2 2.28.0
GNU Library General Public License 2.0
gdbm 1.8.0
GNU General Public License (GPL) 3
gdm 2.30.4
GNU General Public License 2.0
glib2 2.22.5
GNU Library General Public License 2.0
glibc 2.12
GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
gmp 4.3.1
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
gnome-bluetooth- 2.28.6
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-disk-utility 2.30.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-doc-utils 0.18.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-icon-theme 2.28.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-keyring 2.28.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-mag 0.15.9
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-media 2.29.91
GNU General Public License 2.0
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Component
License or acknowledgment
gnome-menus 2.28.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-packagekit 2.28.3
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-panel 2.30.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-power-manager 2.28.3
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-python2 2.28.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-python2-desktop 2.28.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-python2-extras- 2.25.3
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-screensaver 2.28.3
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-session 2.28.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-settings-daemon 2.28.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-speech 0.4.25
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-terminal 2.31.3
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-themes 2.28.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-user-docs 2.28.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnome-vfs2 2.42.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
gnupg 2.0.14
GNU General Public License 2
gnutls 2.8.5
GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
gok 2.28.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
gpgme 1.1.8
GNU General Public License 2.0
gpm 1.20.6
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
grep 2.6.3
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
groff 1.18.1.4
GNU General Public License 2
grubby 7.0.15
GNU General Public License 2.0
gstreamer 0.10.29
GNU General Public License 2.0
gstreamer-plugins-base 0.10.29
GNU General Public License 2.0
gstreamer-plugins-good 0.10.23
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
gtk2 2.18.9
GNU General Public License 2.0
gucharmap 2.28.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
gvfs 1.4.3
GNU General Public License 2.0
gzip 1.3.12
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
hal 0.5.14
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
hal-info 20090716
GNU General Public License 2.0
hdparm 9.16
BSD-style license
hesiod 3.1.0
Steve Dyer, IBM/Project Athena
Greg Hudson, MIT Team Athena
Copyright 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Copyright ©
hicolor-icon-theme 0.11
GNU General Public License 2
hunspell 1.2.8
GNU General Public License 2.0
hunspell-en 0.20090216
GNU General Public License 2.0
hwdata 0.233
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
iproute 2.6.32
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
iptables 1.4.7
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
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Component
License or acknowledgment
iputils 20071127
BSD 4.4. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights
reserved.
irqbalance 1.0.4
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
iso-codes 3.16
GNU General Public License 2.0
iw 0.9.17
GNU General Public License 2.0
jomolhari-fonts 0.003
GNU General Public License 2.0
kbd 1.15
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
kernel 2.6.32
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
kexec-tools 2.0.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
keyutils 1.4
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
khmeros-fonts 5.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
krb5 1.10.3
MIT. Copyright ©
kurdit-unikurd-web-fonts 20020502
GNU General Public License 2.0
lcms 1.19
MIT. Copyright ©
ledmon 0.74
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
less 436
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libaio 0.3.107
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libarchive 2.8.3
BSD-style license
libart_lgpl 2.3.20
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libasyncns 0.8
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libatasmart 0.17
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libavc1394 0.5.3
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libbonobo 2.24.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libbonoboui 2.24.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libcap-2.16
BSD-style license
libcap-ng 0.6.4
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libcdio 0.81
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
libcroco 0.6.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libdaemon 0.14
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libdmx 1.1.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libdrm 2.4.39
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libdv 1.0.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libedit 2.11
BSD-style license
liberation-fonts 1.05.1.20090721
LiberationFontLicense
libexif 0.6.21
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libffi 3.0.5
BSD-style license
libfontenc 1.0.5
MIT. Copyright ©
libfprint 0.1.0
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libgcrypt 1.45
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libglade2 2.6.4
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libgnome 2.28.0
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libgnomecanvas 2.26.0
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
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Component
License or acknowledgment
libgnomekbd 2.28.2
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libgnomeui 2.24.1
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libgpg-error 1.7
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libgsf 1.14.15
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libgtop2 2.28.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libgweather 2.28.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libical 0.43
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libICE 1.0.6
MIT/X11: libICE. Copyright 1993, 1998 The Open Group.
libIDL 0.8.13
GNU Library General Public License 2.0
libidn 1.18
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libiec61883 1.2.0
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libjpeg-turbo 1.2.1
BSD-style license
libnih 1.0.1
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libnl 1.1
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libnotify 0.5.0
GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
libogg 1.1.4
BSD-style license
liboil 0.3.16
BSD-style license
libpcap 1.0.0
BSD 4.4. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights
reserved.
libpciaccess 0.13.1
MIT. Copyright ©
libpng 1.2.49
zlib/libpng license 1.0. This product contains portions of the PAWN
scripting software (formerly known as SMALL).
libproxy 0.3.0
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libraw1394 2.0.4
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libsamplerate 0.1.7
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libselinux 2.0.94
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
libsemanage 2.0.43
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libsepol 2.0.41
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libshout 2.2.2
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libSM 1.2.1
MIT/X11: libSM. Copyright 1993, 1998 The Open Group.
libsndfile 1.0.20
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libsoup 2.28.2
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libssh2 1.4.2
BSD-style license
libtalloc 2.0.7
GNU LESSER GENERAL 3
libtar 1.2.11
MIT. Copyright ©
libtasn1 2.3
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
libtdb 1.2.10
GNU LESSER GENERAL 3
libthai 0.1.12
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libtheora 1.1.0
BSD-style license
libtiff 3.9.4
libtiff 3.8.2
Copyright 1988-1997 Sam Leffler
Copyright 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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License or acknowledgment
libtool 2.2.6
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
libusb 0.1.12
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libusb1 1.0.9
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libuser 0.56.13
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libutempter 1.1.5
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libv4l 0.6.3
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libvisual 0.4.0
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libvorbis 1.2.3
BSD-style license
libwacom 0.5
MIT. Copyright ©
libwnck 2.28.0
GNU General Public License 2
libX11 1.5.0
MIT/X derivate. Copyright © 1996 - 2010, Daniel Stenberg. All rights
reserved.
libXau 1.0.6
MIT/X derivate. Copyright © 1996 - 2010, Daniel Stenberg. All rights
reserved.
libxcb 1.8.1
MIT. Copyright ©
libXcomposite 0.4.3
MIT. Copyright ©
libXcursor 1.1.13
MIT/X derivate. Copyright © 1996 - 2010, Daniel Stenberg. All rights
reserved.
libXdamage 1.1.3
MIT. Copyright ©
libXdmcp 1.1.1
MIT/X11: libXdmcp. Copyright 1989, 1998 The Open Group.
libXext 1.3.1
MIT/X11: libXext. Copyright 1987, 1988, 1998 The Open Group.
libXfixes 5.0
MIT/X11: libXfixes. Copyright © 2001, 2003 Keith Packard.
libXfont 1.4.5
MIT. Copyright ©
libXft 2.3.1
MIT/X11: libXft. Copyright © 2001, 2003 Keith Packard.
libXi 1.6.1
MIT/X11: libXi. Copyright 1989, 1998 The Open Group.
Copyright 1989 by Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California. All
Rights Reserved.
libXinerama 1.1.2
MIT. Copyright ©
libxkbfile 1.0.6
MIT. Copyright ©
libxklavier 4.0
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
libxml2 2.7.6
MIT. Copyright ©
libXmu 1.1.1
MIT. Copyright ©
libXp 1.0.0
MIT. Copyright ©
libXrandr 1.4.0
MIT/X11: libXrandr. Copyright 2000, Compaq Computer Corporation,
Copyright 2002 Hewlett Packard, Inc.
libXrender 0.9.7
MIT/X11: libXrender. Copyright © 2001, 2003 Keith Packard.
libXres 1.0.6
MIT/X11: libXres. Copyright 2002 XFree86 Inc.
libXScrnSaver 1.2.2
MIT. Copyright ©
libxslt 1.1.26
MIT. Copyright ©
libXt 1.1.3
MIT. Copyright ©
libXtst 1.2.1
MIT. Copyright ©
libXv 1.0.7
MIT. Copyright ©
libXvMC 1.0.7
MIT. Copyright ©
libXxf86dga 1.1.3
MIT. Copyright ©
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Component
License or acknowledgment
libXxf86misc 1.0.3
MIT. Copyright ©
libXxf86vm 1.1.2
MIT. Copyright ©
lklug-fonts 0.6
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
logrotate 3.7.8
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
lohit-assamese-fonts 2.4.3
GPL 2.0 with the “runtime exception”
lohit-bengali-fonts 2.4.3
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
lohit-devanagari-fonts 2.4.3
GPL 2.0 with the “runtime exception”
lohit-gujarati-fonts 2.4.4
GPL 2.0 with the “runtime exception”
lohit-kannada-fonts 2.4.5
GPL 2.0 with the “runtime exception”
lohit-oriya-fonts 2.4.3
GPL 2.0 with the “runtime exception”
lohit-punjabi-fonts 2.4.4
GPL 2.0 with the “runtime exception”
lohit-tamil-fonts 2.4.5
GPL 2.0 with the “runtime exception”
lohit-telugu-fonts 2.4.5
GPL 2.0 with the “runtime exception”
lsof 4.82
Free: lsof. Copyright 2002 Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette,
Indiana 47907. All rights reserved. Written by Victor A. Abell.
lua 5.1.4
MIT. Copyright ©
lvm2 2.02.98
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
madan-fonts 2.000
GNU General Public License 2.0
mailx 12.4
mailx. Copyright © 1980, 1993 The Regents of the University of
California. All rights reserved. This product includes software developed
by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors.
MAKEDEV 3.24
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
man 1.6f
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
man-pages 3.22
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
man-pages-overrides 6.4.1
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
mcpp 2.7.2
BSD-style license
mdadm 3.2.5
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
mesa 9.0
MIT. Copyright ©.
mesa-dri1-drivers 7.11
GNU General Public License 2.0
metacity 2.28.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
microcode_ctl 1.17
GNU General Public License 2.0
mingetty 1.08
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
mlocate 0.22.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
mobile-broadband-provider-info
1.20100122
GNU General Public License 2.0
ModemManager 0.4.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
module-init-tools 3.9
GNU General Public License 2
mozilla-filesystem 1.9
GNU General Public License 2.0
mtdev 1.1.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
mtools 4.0.12
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
mtr 0.75
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
nano 2.0.9
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
nautilus- 2.28.4
GNU General Public License 2.0
ncurses 5.7
ncurses 5.7
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Component
License or acknowledgment
net-tools 1.60
GNU General Public License 2.0
NetworkManager 0.8.1
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
newt 0.52.11
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
notification-daemon 0.5.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
nspr 4.9.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
nss 3.14.0.0
Mozilla tri-license (MPL/GPL/LGPL) 1.1. MOZILLA PUBLIC LICENSE;
Version 1.1.
nss-softokn 3.12.9
GNU General Public License 2.0
nss-util 3.14.0.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
numactl 2.0.7
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
openldap 2.3.43
OpenLDAP 2.8
OpenSSH 5.3p1
BSD-style license
OpenSSL 1.0.0
OpenSSL 1.0. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL
Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).
ORBit2 2.14.17
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
orca 2.28.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
PackageKit 0.5.8
GNU General Public License 2.0
paktype-fonts 2.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
pam 1.1.1
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
pam_passwdqc 1.0.5
BSD-style license
pango 1.28.1
GNU Library General Public License 2.0
parted 2.1
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
passwd 0.77
BSD-style license
pciutils 3.1.10
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
pcmciautils 015
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
pcre 7.8
BSD Simple. Copyright. All rights reserved.
Perl 5.10.1
Artistic License 1.0
pinenetry 0.7.6
GNU General Public License 2.0
pinfo 0.6.9
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
pixman 0.26.2
GNU General Public License 2.0
pkgconfig- 0.23
GNU General Public License 2.0
pm-utils 1.2.5
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
policycoreutils 2.0.83
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
polkit 0.96
GNU General Public License 2.0
polkit-gnome 0.96
GNU General Public License 2.0
popt 1.13
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
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Table 1. List of third-party contributions
Component
License or acknowledgment
ppp 2.4.5
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prelink 0.4.6
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
procmail 3.22
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
procps 3.2.8
GNU Library General License 2
psacct 6.3.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
psmisc 22.6
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pth 2.0.7
GNU General Public License 2.0
pulseaudio 0.9.21
GNU General Public License 2.0
pycairo 1.8.6
GNU General Public License 2.0
pygobject2 2.20.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
pygpgme 0.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
pygtk 2.16.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
pyorbit 2.24.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
python-ethtool 0.6
GNU General Public License 2.0
python-iniparse 0.3.1
MIT. Copyright ©.
python-iwlib 0.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
python-meh 0.12.1
GNU General Public License 2.0
python-pycurl 7.19.0
GNU General Public License 2.0
python-slip 0.2.20
GNU General Public License 2
python-urlgrabber 3.9.1
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pyxf86config 0.3.37
GNU General Public License 2.0
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rarian 0.8.1
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rdate 1.4
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readahead 1.5.6
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
readline 6.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
redhat-menus 14.0.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
rfkill 0.3
GNU General Public License 2.0
rpm 4.8.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
rsync 3.0.6
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
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rsyslog 5.8.10
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
rtkit 0.5
Ubuntu Terms and Conditions 10.04
samba 3.6.9
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
scl-utils 20120927
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
sed 4.2.1
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setserial 2.17
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
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sg3_utils 1.28
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
sgml-common 0.6.3
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
sgpio 1.2.0.10
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
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shared-mime-info 0.70
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slang 2.2.1
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
smartmontools 5.43
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GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
speex 1.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
spice-vdagent 0.12.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
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GNU Library General Public License 2.0
stix-fonts 0.9
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system-config-firewall 1.2.27
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system-config-keyboard 1.3.1
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
system-config-network-tui
1.6.0.el6.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
system-config-users 1.2.106
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
system-config-users-docs 1.0.8
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
system-gnome-theme 60.0.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
system-icon-theme 6.0.0
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
system-setup-keyboard 0.7
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systemtap 1.8
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SysVinit 2.87
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
taglib 1.6.1
GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
tar 1.23
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
tcpdump 4.0.0
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tcp_wrappers 7.6
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Component
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tcsh 6.17
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texinfo 4.13a
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thai-scalable-fonts 0.4.12
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tibetan-machine-uni-fonts 1.901
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
time 1.7
GNU General Public License 2.0
tmpwatch 2.9.16
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
traceroute 2.0.14
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
tzdata 2012j
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udev 147
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
udisks 1.0.1
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un-core-fonts 1.0.2
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
unique 1.1.4
LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) 2.1
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GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
usbutils 003
GNU General Public License 2.0
usermode 1.102
GNU General Public License 2
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wget 1.12
GNU General Public License 2
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GNU General Public License 2
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wpa_supplicant 0.7.3
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GPL (GNU General Public License) 3
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xorg-x11-drv-vesa 2.3.2
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xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse 12.9.0
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xorg-x11-drv-vmware 12.0.2
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xorg-x11-drv-void 1.4.0
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xorg-x11-xauth 1.0.2
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xorg-x11-xkb-utils 7.7
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xvattr 1.3
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
xz 4.999.9
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
Yelp 2.28.1
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yum-utils 1.1.30
GPL (GNU General Public License) 2.0
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