From c786fec3f52cd615cc535d35185a5e0ffcb7cc55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 21:06:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] COPYING: Update Copying statement to the latest. --- COPYING | 31 ++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index afc22cd5..cdf9270b 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -2,22 +2,23 @@ This package, the EXT2 filesystem utilities, are protected by the GNU Public License, with the following exception --- If the version string in the file version.h contains the - string "pre-", then this package must be distributed in source - form only. You can give a copy of the binary for e2fsck to - help a friend recover his or her filesystem, as the need - arises. However, "pre" indicates that this release is under - development, and availble for ALPHA testing. So for your - protection as much as mine, I'd rather not have it appear in a - some distribution --- especially not a CD-ROM distribution! + string "pre-", or "WIP" then this package must be distributed + in source form only. You can give a copy of the binary for + e2fsck to help a friend recover his or her filesystem, as the + need arises. However, "pre" or "WIP" indicates that this + release is under development, and available for ALPHA testing. + So for your protection as much as mine, I'd rather not have it + appear in a some distribution --- especially not a CD-ROM + distribution! -The most recent officially distributed version can be found on -tsx-11.mit.edu, in /pub/linux/packages/ext2fs. If you need to make a -distribution, that's the one you should use. If there is some reason -why you'd like a more recent version that is still in ALPHA testing -for your distribution, please contact me (tytso@mit.edu), and we can -see if we can't come to an arrangement. The release schedules for -this package are flexible, if you give me enough lead time. +The most recent officially distributed version can be found at +http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net. If you need to make a distribution, +that's the one you should use. If there is some reason why you'd like +a more recent version that is still in ALPHA testing for your +distribution, please contact me (tytso@mit.edu), and we can see if we +can't come to an arrangement. The release schedules for this package +are flexible, if you give me enough lead time. Theodore Ts'o - 26-Mar-97 + 26-Jul-2000