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@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ 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 words - "WORK IN PROGRESS", 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, "WORK IN PROGRESS" means exactly that. - The package is in ALPHA testing, and for your protection as - much as mine, I'd rather not have it appear in a some - distribution --- especially not a CD-ROM distribution! + 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! 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 @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ this package are flexible, if you give me enough lead time. Theodore Ts'o - 17-Aug-94 + 26-Mar-97 |