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Make the index at least a little bit more legible. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
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\C{intro} Introduction
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\H{whatsnasm} What Is NASM?
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The Netwide Assembler, NASM, is an 80x86 and x86-64 assembler designed
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for portability and modularity. It supports a range of object file
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formats, including \i{Linux} and \i{BSD} \c{a.out}, ELF, Mach-O, 16-bit and
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32-bit \c{.obj} (OMF) format, COFF (including its Win32 and Win64
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variants.) It can also output plain binary files, Intel hex and
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Motorola S-Record formats. Its syntax is designed to be simple and
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easy to understand, similar to the syntax in the Intel Software
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Developer Manual with minimal complexity. It supports all currently
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known x86 architectural extensions, and has strong support for macros.
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\S{legal} \i{License}
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NASM is under the so-called 2-clause BSD license, also
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known as the simplified BSD license:
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Copyright \m{year} the NASM Authors - All rights reserved.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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met:
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\b Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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\b Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
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CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
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INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
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DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
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CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
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LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
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OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
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EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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