This is the Debian package of Debian Policy Manual, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, the Linux Filesystem Standard and related documents. It was originally assembled by Christian Schwarz and is now maintained by the Debian Policy Group . The FHS and FSSTND documents were downloaded from http://www.pathname.com/fhs/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright of the Debian Policy Manual: Copyright (C) 1996 Ian Jackson. This manual is free software; you may 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, or (at your option) any later version. This 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 with your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or with the dpkg source package as the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) Copyright (C) 1994-2000 Daniel Quinlan Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this standard provided the copyright and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. [troff source includes the following paragraph: Permission is granted to process this file through a typesetter (such as troff) and print the results, provided the printed document carries a permission notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph (this paragraph not being relevant to the printed document).] Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this standard under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the title page is labeled as modified including a reference to the original standard, provided that information on retrieving the original standard is included, and provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this standard into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved by the copyright holder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright of the Linux Filesystem Standard (FSSTND). Copyright (C) 1994, 1995 Daniel Quinlan Permission is granted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this standard provided the copyright and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted for FSSTND contributors and participants to copy and distribute modified versions of this standard under the conditions for verbatim copying for purposes of filesystem standardization activities only, and subject to those restrictions listed below. The following restrictions apply to reproducing or transmitting the document in any form: o All copies or portions thereof must identify the document's title and section, and must be accompanied by this entire notice in a prominent location. o No portion of this document may be redistributed in any modified or abridged form without the prior approval of the FSSTND coordinator. Any entities seeking permission to distribute any material derived from this document (other than verbatim copies) must contact the FSSTND coordinator for the appropriate license. --------------------------------------------------------------------------