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-", 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 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-Jul-2000