          COPYRIGHT STATEMENT FOR FIRE(TM) GAUSS SOLVER
      (APPLIES TO SEQUENTIAL, VECTOR AND PARALLEL VERSIONS)

1.   DISTRIBUTION : 
       This software may be copied for non-commercial purposes only
       provided that
       (a) no costs are charged for its distribution,
       (b) no attempt to restrict re-distribution of it by others is made,
       (c) a short notice to whom the software was distributed is sent
           by e-mail to    jrp@fmechsg01.tu-graz.ac.at

2.   CREATION OF DERIVATIVE WORKS:
       You may create and distribute derivative works made from any source
       code files that are part of this software, provided that you
       (a) preserve all copyright notices and author attributions,
       (b) send the fully commented source code of the derivative work
           by e-mail to    jrp@fmechsg01.tu-graz.ac.at
           at no cost,
       (c) make no attempt to restrict the distribution and use of
           the derivative version of this source code,
       (d) do not use the derivative works for commercial software.

3.   DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:
       No claim is made that this software is free of defects.
       No legal obligation is accepted to provide any bug fixes or
       any other type of support whatsoever.  Any liability
       for damages, whether direct or consequential is disclaimed.

4.   PLEASE NOTE:
       As this software is used by ourselfs as a benchmark of any type
       of computer, it would be highly appreciated if you could send back
       the timings of the solution with a description of the architecture
       and hardware equipment used by e-mail to
                    jrp@fmechsg01.tu-graz.ac.at
       If used in parallel systems the times as a function of number of
       processors would be of great interrest.

                                           Robert Greimel
                                           Dep. TSS
                                           AVL LIST Gmbh.
                                           Kleiststrasse 48
                                           A-8020 Graz
                                           AUSTRIA

                                           Tel.  : +43 316 987-746
                                           Fax   : +43 316 987-777
                                           e-mail: jrp@fmechsg01.tu-graz.ac.at
