Software Planning and Installation Guide
IBM Cluster Systems Management uses or can be configured to use the
following software that is publicly available:
- Advanced TFTP
- Advanced TFTP (atftp) is a client/server implementation of the TFTP
protocol. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU
GPL), which can be found at
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
- Conserver
- An application that adds logging and multi-user access for remote
administration of serial ports, using locally installed multi-port serial
interfaces or "reverse-telnet" to console servers or both.
- Perl
- Practical Extraction and Report Language is licensed under the Artistic
license.
- Perl-to-C extensions
- Practical Extraction and Report Language-to-C extensions is distributed
under the Artistic license.
- SYSLinux
- SYSLinux includes PXELINUX, which CSM uses to control the behavior of
network boots. SYSLinux is licensed under the GNU GPL.
This book discusses the use of these products only as they apply
specifically to the IBM Cluster Systems Management product.
- Note:
- The distribution for these products includes the source code and associated
documentation. All copyright notices and license conditions in the
documentation must be respected. You can find version and distribution
information for each of these products in the Specified Operating
Environment section of the CSM for Linux: Software Planning and Installation Guide.
For these non-IBM products, the following license terms apply in lieu of the
International Program License Agreement.
The inclusion herein of copies of various licenses is not meant to imply
endorsement of the principles, methodologies, or views that are contained
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
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For the Advanced TFTP (atftp) and SYSLinux code, licensed under the GNU
GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991, see the following.
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Any software identified herein as being licensed under the GPL should not be construed as being offered herein under any license other than the GPL.
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