COPYRIGHT Release 3.8

           Groningen Image Processing SYstem (GIPSY)

             COPYRIGHT (c) 1978, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001

             Kapteyn Astronomical Institute,
             University of Groningen
             P.O. Box 800
             9700 AV Groningen
             The Netherlands


     The information in this document is subject to change without
     notice and should not be construed as a commitment by the Kapteyn
     Astronomical Institute.

     The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute assumes no responsibility  for
     the use or reliability of its software.

     Permission to use, copy, and distribute GIPSY software and its
     documentation for any purpose is hereby granted, provided that
     this copyright notice appears in all copies.

     Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right
     to distribute the modified code. Modifications are to be distributed
     via the GIPSY source server, which is currently gipsy.astro.rug.nl.
     You can send your modifications to the GIPSY manager, who will take
     care of the distribution.

     Permission to install modified or new code directly can be obtained
     from the GIPSY Manager. The E-Mail address of the GIPSY Manager
     is listed in $gip_sys/manager.mgr.

     Reports of software failures will only be considered when you have
     an automatic update of GIPSY sources installed at your site. See
     the Download and Installation Guide:
     http://www.astro.rug.nl/~gipsy/installation/installation.html 


     References: "The Groningen Image Processing SYstem, GIPSY",
                 J.M. van der Hulst, J.P. Terlouw, K.G. Begeman,
                 W. Zwitser and P.R. Roelfsema, in
                 Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems I,
                 ed. D.M. Worall, C. Biemesderfer and J. Barnes,
                 ASP Conf. series no. 25, p. 131.

                 "The Evolution of GIPSY, or the Survival of
                 an Image Processing System",  M.G.R. Vogelaar
                 and J.P. Terlouw, to appear in
                 Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems X,
                 eds. F.A. Primini, F.R. Harnden, Jr., H.E. Payne,
                 ASP Conf. series.