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Theodore Ts'o63182202003-03-16 02:58:01 -05001This package, the EXT2 filesystem utilities, are made available under
Theodore Ts'oca0d5c62006-09-29 10:21:43 -04002the GNU Public License version 2, with the exception of the lib/uuid
3directory which is made available under a BSD-style license and the
4lib/et and lib/ss libraries which are made available under an
5MIT-style license. Please see lib/uuid/COPYING for more details for
6the license for the files comprising the libuuid library, and the
7source file headers of the libet and libss libraries for more
8information.
Theodore Ts'o6f4a1091997-04-26 13:32:25 +00009
Theodore Ts'o63182202003-03-16 02:58:01 -050010However, I request that if the version string in the file version.h
11contains the string "pre-", or "WIP" that this version of e2fsprogs be
12distributed in source form only. Please feel free to give a copy of
13the e2fsck binary to help a friend recover his or her filesystem, as
14the need arises. However, "pre" or "WIP" indicates that this release
15is under development, and available for ALPHA testing. So for your
16protection as much as mine, I'd prefer that it not appear in a some
17distribution --- especially not a CD-ROM distribution!
Theodore Ts'o6f4a1091997-04-26 13:32:25 +000018
Theodore Ts'oc786fec2000-07-27 21:06:07 +000019The most recent officially distributed version can be found at
20http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net. If you need to make a distribution,
21that's the one you should use. If there is some reason why you'd like
22a more recent version that is still in ALPHA testing for your
Theodore Ts'o63182202003-03-16 02:58:01 -050023distribution, please contact me (tytso@mit.edu), and we will very
24likely be able to work out something that will work for all concerned.
25The release schedules for this package are flexible, if you give me
26enough lead time.
Theodore Ts'o6f4a1091997-04-26 13:32:25 +000027
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29 Theodore Ts'o
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