Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 13:39:40 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: rand() or random()
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On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Peter Palotas wrote:

> Well, that's not the point. I can't remember reading this anywhere when
> downloading DJGPP.  Is random() the only funciton with this restriction, or
> are there others?

There are others.  `malloc' family and the `time' family (ctime,
gmtime, localtime, tzset etc.) are two modules that come to mind.

> So maybe it would be a good idea to mention what
> copyrights concerns what functions in libc here, since there doesn't seem
> to be ONE copyright on the entire libc!

This is typical of any package with multiple contributors.  That's why
there's a copyright at the beginning of every source.  AFAIK, the
DJGPP copyright covers all of the library sources (even though some of
the sources might have less restrictions than the others).  I don't
think you can ask for more.