1 This package, the EXT2 filesystem utilities, are protected by the GNU
2 Public License, with the following exception ---
4 If the version string in the file version.h contains the
5 string "pre-", then this package must be distributed in source
6 form only. You can give a copy of the binary for e2fsck to
7 help a friend recover his or her filesystem, as the need
8 arises. However, "pre" indicates that this release is under
9 development, and availble for ALPHA testing. So for your
10 protection as much as mine, I'd rather not have it appear in a
11 some distribution --- especially not a CD-ROM distribution!
13 The most recent officially distributed version can be found on
14 tsx-11.mit.edu, in /pub/linux/packages/ext2fs. If you need to make a
15 distribution, that's the one you should use. If there is some reason
16 why you'd like a more recent version that is still in ALPHA testing
17 for your distribution, please contact me (tytso@mit.edu), and we can
18 see if we can't come to an arrangement. The release schedules for
19 this package are flexible, if you give me enough lead time.