X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fyarandom.c;h=f12ea952857d3a84cc5e939814b9ee11acb74337;hp=3d24943e0e9a3d960fa6264341999f6128712f3e;hb=2c902d6065f9856adf31e8540a94f1e42e68e905;hpb=4cecfc89e5e889c7232693897c06168fb378bd5c diff --git a/utils/yarandom.c b/utils/yarandom.c index 3d24943e..f12ea952 100644 --- a/utils/yarandom.c +++ b/utils/yarandom.c @@ -1,6 +1,16 @@ /* yarandom.c -- Yet Another Random Number Generator. + * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 2003 by Jamie Zawinski + * + * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its + * documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that + * the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that + * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting + * documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this + * software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or + * implied warranty. + */ - The unportable mess that is rand(), random(), drand48() and friends led me +/* The unportable mess that is rand(), random(), drand48() and friends led me to ask Phil Karlton what the Right Thing to Do was. He responded with this. It is non-cryptographically secure, reasonably random (more so than anything that is in any C library), and very fast.