<s>
Netlib	B-Application
is	O
a	O
repository	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
scientific	O
computing	O
maintained	O
by	O
AT&T	O
,	O
Bell	O
Laboratories	O
,	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Tennessee	O
and	O
Oak	O
Ridge	O
National	O
Laboratory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netlib	B-Application
comprises	O
many	O
separate	O
programs	O
and	O
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
with	O
some	O
programs	O
in	O
other	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
began	O
with	O
email	O
distribution	O
on	O
UUCP	B-Protocol
,	O
ARPANET	O
and	O
CSNET	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
base	O
of	O
Netlib	B-Application
was	O
written	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
computer	O
software	O
was	O
not	O
yet	O
considered	O
merchandise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
Berne	O
Convention	O
Implementation	O
Act	O
of	O
1988	O
(	O
and	O
the	O
earlier	O
Copyright	O
Act	O
of	O
1976	O
)	O
works	O
without	O
an	O
explicit	O
copyright	O
notice	O
were	O
public-domain	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Netlib	B-Application
code	O
is	O
work	O
of	O
US	O
government	O
employees	O
and	O
therefore	O
in	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
several	O
packages	O
therefore	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
explicit	O
waiver/anti	O
-copyright	O
statements	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
SLATEC	B-Application
package	O
has	O
an	O
explicit	O
statement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
well-known	O
packages	O
maintained	O
in	O
Netlib	B-Application
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SLATEC	B-Application
package	O
is	O
special	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
comprises	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
packages	O
like	O
BLAS	B-Application
and	O
LINPACK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
