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Eric Andersencc8ed391999-10-05 16:24:54 +00001Original release code (unless otherwise noted)
2Copyright 1995, 1996 Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
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4mkswap
5Copyright 1991 Linus Torvalds
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7tiny-ls(ls)
8Copyright 1996 Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
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10tarcat, loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance
11Copyright 1998 Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
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13more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file,
14various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance
15Copyright 1998 Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
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17mini-gzip(gzip), mini-netcat(mnc)
18Copyright 1998 Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
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Eric Andersended62591999-11-18 00:19:26 +000020Tons of new stuff as noted in header files
Eric Andersenc4996011999-10-20 22:08:37 +000021Copyright (C) 1999 by Lineo, inc. and written by
22Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>, <andersee@debian.org>
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Eric Andersene77ae3a1999-10-19 20:03:34 +000024
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Eric Andersended62591999-11-18 00:19:26 +000026Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to:
27 Erik Andersen
28 <andersen@lineo.com>
29 <andersee@deban.org>
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Eric Andersene77ae3a1999-10-19 20:03:34 +0000378