                  Sun(tm) Grid Engine 5.2.3 Read Me First
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                   Copyright  2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
                      Use is subject to license terms


Content
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1) Overview
2) Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 for Solaris and Linux
3) Copyright
4) Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 Binary Code License Supplemental License Terms


1) Overview
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   Sun(tm) Grid Engine 5.2.3 is referred to in the product documentation
   either as 'Sun Grid Engine' or as 'CODINE'.

   In order to install Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 on your platform, you must
   download the common files and binaries as shown in TABLE 1. If you
   received the distribution on CDROM, please select the appropriate files
   from the CDROM.

   Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 is a maintenance release for Sun Grid Engine 5.2
   and 5.2.2. It is available for the Solaris on the SPARC(tm) platform and
   for Linux on x86-compatible platforms.


2) Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 for Solaris and Linux
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   Platform   Operating System 		         File to get
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   SUN	      Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 (32bit kernel)   sge-5_2_3-bin-solsparc32.zip
   SUN	      Solaris 7 and 8 (64bit kernel)     sge-5_2_3-bin-solsparc64.zip
   Linux      Linux kernel 2.[24].x, x86	 sge-5_2_3-bin-glinux.tar.gz
   any	      OS independent common files 	 sge-5_2_3-common.zip
   any        Documentation 		         sge-5_2_3-doc.zip

   In addition to the binary files, you must download and install the file
   'sge-5_2_3-common.zip'. This file contains special files required by Sun
   Grid Engine, such as the installation procedure, manual pages, and
   pixmaps for the Sun Grid Engine GUI and examples. The Sun Grid Engine
   5.2.3 documentation set is contained in the 'sge-5_2_3-doc.zip' file. The
   files document Sun Grid Engine version 5.2.3.


3) Documentation
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   The documentation set includes the following manual in PDF, formatted for
   both US letter and A4 letter sizes. You can view these files using Adobe
   Acrobat Reader. The PDF format is also a quick print solution for printing
   all or selected portions of the manual.

   816-2077-10     Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 Manual, which contains the
                   following sections:

   	           Quick Start Guide
                      Administration and Installation Guide
                      User's Guide
                      Reference Manual

                   This file is included in the distribution in A4 and US
                   letter format as

                      doc/SGE523Man_A4.pdf
                      doc/SGE523Man_US.pdf
   	
   816-2082-10     Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 Release Notes

                   This file is included in the distribution in A4 and US
                   letter format as

                      doc/SGE523RN_A4.pdf
                      doc/SGE523RN_US.pdf

   READMEFIRST.txt Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 README file

                   This file is included in the distribution as

                      doc/READMEFIRST.txt

   INSTALL         Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 installation directions file

                   This file is intended to provide a quick overview how
                   to install Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3

                   This file is included in the distribution as

                      doc/INSTALL

   UPGRADE         Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 UPGRADE file

                   This file describes how Sun Grid Engine 5.2 and 5.2.2 users
                   can upgrade their version to 5.2.3

                   This file is included in the distribution as

                      doc/UPGRADE


   For more information concerning this release, please go to our home page
   at:

      http://www.sun.com/gridware


Copyright
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Copyright  2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto,
California 94303, U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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technology embodied in this product. In particular, and without limitation,
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patents or pending patent applications in the U.S. and other countries.

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may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written
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Third-party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and licensed
from Sun suppliers.

Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems, licensed from
the University of California. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and
in other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.

Sun, Sun Microsystems and the Sun logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered
trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon architecture developed by
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

The OPEN LOOK and Sun(TM) Graphical User Interface was developed by Sun
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UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU A L'ABSENCE DE CONTREFAON.


4) Sun Grid Engine 5.2.3 Binary Code License Supplemental License Terms
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   SUN GRID ENGINE 5.2.3 BINARY CODE LICENSE SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS

These supplemental license terms ("Supplemental Terms") add to or modify the
terms of the Binary Code License Agreement (Collectively, "the Agreement").
Capitalized terms not defined in these Supplemental Terms shall have the
same meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.  These Supplemental Terms
shall supersede any inconsistent or conflicting terms in the Agreement, or
in any license contained within the Software.

1.  SEPARATE DISTRIBUTION LICENSE REQUIRED.  You understand and agree that
you must first obtain a separate license from Sun Prior to reproducing or
modifying any portion of the Software.

2.  NO SUPPORT.  Unless you have entered into a separate support agreement
with Sun, Sun is under no obligation to support the Software or to provide
to you any updates or error corrections (collectively referred to as
"Software Updates").  If Sun provides any Software Updates, whether pursuant
to a support agreement or otherwise, at its sole discretion, the Software
Updates will be considered part of the Software and subject to the terms of
this Agreement.

3.  BACK-UP.  You have the sole responsibility to protect adequately and
backup your data and/or equipment used in connection with the Software. Sun
shall not be liable for any lost data, re-run time, inaccurate output, work
delays or lost profits resulting from your use of the Software.

4.  TRADEMARKS AND LOGOS.  You acknowledge and agree as between you and Sun
that Sun owns the Sun, and Solaris trademarks, and all Sun, Solaris and
related trademarks, service marks, logos and other brand designations ("Sun
Marks") and you agree to comply with the Sun Trademark and Logo Usage
Requirements currently located at http://www.sun.com/policies trademarks.
Any use you make of the Sun Marks insures to Sun's benefits.

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