This is the Debian GNU/Linux packaged version of the GNU core
utilities.

This package is maintained by Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> and
built from sources obtained from:
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.96.tar.bz2

This debian package was first put together by Michael Stone 
<mstone@debian.org>, from coreutils 4.5.1.

Changes:
 * added Debian GNU/Linux package maintenance system files
 * at times, bug fixes awaiting inclusion in the upstream source


Authors
=======

See the file AUTHORS.


Copyright Holders and License
=============================

lib/fts.c
---------

   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License [...]

/*-
 * Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
 *      The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
 *    without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 * SUCH DAMAGE.
 */


lib/fts_.h
----------

   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License [...]

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
 *      The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
 *    without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 * SUCH DAMAGE.


m4/autobuild.m4
---------------

 # Copyright (C) 2004 Simon Josefsson
 #
 # This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
 # General Public License.  As a special exception to the GNU General
 # Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
 # that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
 # the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
 #
 # This file can can be used in projects which are not available under
 # the GNU General Public License or the GNU Library General Public
 # License but which still want to provide support for Autobuild.


src/cut.c
---------

 Copyright (C) 1997-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Copyright (C) 1984 David M. Ihnat

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License [...]


src/dircolors.c
---------------

 Copyright (C) 1996-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 H. Peter Anvin

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License [...]


src/paste.c
-----------

 Copyright (C) 1997-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Copyright (C) 1984 David M. Ihnat

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License [...]


src/shred.c
-----------

 Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Colin Plumb.

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License [...]


doc/coreutils.texi (The GNU Coreutils Manual)
---------------------------------------------

Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
Free Documentation License''.


all other files
---------------

Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
