This package contains some the utilities from Ian Jackson's private system `chiark.greenend.org.uk'. This package, containing the moderately portable sources and Debian packaging information, and the resulting Debian binary packages, was put together by Ian, but with assistance from other chiark users. For both upstream and Debian packaging questions, please contact chiark-utils-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk. The software included is: chiark backup, for small systems or networks. chiark backup is Copyright 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson Copyright 1999 Peter Maydell readbuffer/writebuffer (in the backup directory), filters for keeping tape drives streaming and audio output devices playing. They are: Copyright 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson sync-accounts, a tool for synchronising UN*X password data. It's Copyright 1999-2000,2002 Ian Jackson Copyright 2000-2001 nCipher Corporation Ltd chiark-named-conf (in the scripts directory) checks and generates nameserver configurations. It is: Copyright 2002 Ian Jackson The chiark utilities are all free software; you can redistribute them and/or modify them 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. These programs are distributed in the hope that they 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/doc/copyright/GPL, or with the chiark-utils source package as the file COPYING; if not, email me at one of the addresses above or write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.