This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the EXT2 file system utilities (e2fsck, mke2fs, etc.). The EXT2 utilities were written by Theodore Ts'o and Remy Card . This package was put together by Yann Dirson , from sources obtained from a mirror of: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs/ Copyright notice: 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 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. Theodore Ts'o 26-Mar-97 On Debian GNU systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'. The 1.19 RELEASE-NOTES mentions that the UUID library (libuuid) is covered by the LGPL. After clarification from upstream author, it appears to refer to the so-called "Library General Public License" (aka LGPL v2), and not the "Lesser General Public License" (aka LGPL v2.1). On Debian GNU systems, the complete text of the GNU LGPL v2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2'. The ss and com_err libraries, available in separate packages, fall under another licence. Please refer to the relevant copyright files for these libs.