PLPLOT 4.0 was created through the effort of many individuals and funding
agencies.  We would like to acknowledge the support (financial and
otherwise) of the following institutions:
\begin{description}
\item	The Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin
\item	The Scientific and Technology Agency of Japan
\item	Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
\item	Duke University
\item	Universite de Nice
\item	National Energy Research Supercomputer Center
\item	Los Alamos National Labs
\end{description}

The authors disclaim all warranties with regard to this software, including
all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness, In no event shall
the authors be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or
any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether
in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out
of or in connection with the use or performance of this software. 

The PLPLOT source code, except header files and those files explicitly
granting permission, may not be used in a commercial software package
without consent of the authors.  You are allowed and encouraged to include
the PLPLOT object library and header files in a commercial package provided
that: (1) it is explicitly and prominently stated that the PLPLOT library
is freely available, and (2) the full copyrights on the PLPLOT package be
displayed somewhere in the documentation for the package. 

PLPLOT was first derived from the excellent PGPLOT graphics package by T.
J. Pearson.  All parts of PLPLOT not explicitly marked by a copyright are
assumed to derive sufficiently from the original to be covered by the
PGPLOT copyright:
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*                                                                     *
*  Copyright (c) 1983-1991 by                                         *
*  California Institute of Technology.                                *
*  All rights reserved.                                               *
*                                                                     *
*  For further information, contact:                                  *
*     Dr. T. J. Pearson                                               *
*     105-24 California Institute of Technology,                      *
*     Pasadena, California 91125, USA                                 *
*                                                                     *
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The code in PLPLOT not derived from PGPLOT is Copyright 1992 by Maurice J.
LeBrun and Geoff Furnish of the University of Texas at Austin and Tony
Richardson of Duke University.  Unless otherwise specified, code written by
us as a part of this package may be freely copied, modified and
redistributed without fee provided that all copyright notices are preserved
intact on all copies and modified copies.

The startup code for plrender.c is from {\tt xterm.c} of the X-windows
Release 5.0 distribution, and we reproduce its copyright here:
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Copyright 1987, 1988 by Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts,
and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

                        All Rights Reserved

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its 
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, 
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in 
supporting documentation, and that the names of Digital or MIT not be
used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
software without specific, written prior permission.  

DIGITAL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL
DIGITAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
SOFTWARE.
\end{verbatim}
