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	nPth - The New GNU Portable Threads Library

	* Overview

	This is a library to provide the GNU Pth API and thus a
	non-preemptive threads implementation.

	In contrast to GNU Pth is is based on the system's standard threads
	implementation. This allows the use of libraries which are not
	compatible to GNU Pth. Experience with a Windows Pth emulation
	showed that this is a solid way to provide a co-routine based
	framework.

	See the file AUTHORS for contact and copyright information.

	* License

	nPth is currently released under a mixed LGPLv3+/GPLv2+ license.
	This is to allow its use with GPLv2(only) software. If there is a
	need for other licensing terms, please contact us.

	* Porting hints

	Documentation is currently missing. If you are using GNU Pth you
	should be able to understand the API. Given that GNU Pth is rarely
	used, we hestitate to spend work on a migration guide. If you have
	questions, please ask on gnupg-devel. Here are some hints:

	- Pth mutexes are recursive, that is they will not block if called
	by the same thread. In contrast, nPth mutexes are not recursive;
	it is best to change your code to avoid recursive use of mutexes.
	nPth uses non-recursive mutexes for performance reasons.