This package was debianised by Alastair McKinstry on Friday, 5 June 2009. The software was downloaded from NCEP, the US National Centers for Environmental Protection, http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB2 From the website: "These codes are provided as is for the use of NCEP data users. NCEP does not and cannot provide any support for them". Brent A. Gordon of noaa.gov clarified that this code is in the public domain, and is covered by the disclaimer: http://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php The information on government servers are in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public so long as you do not 1) claim it is your own (e.g. by claiming copyright for NWS information -- see below), 2) use it in a manner that implies an endorsement or affiliation with NOAA/NWS, or 3) modify it in content and then present it as official government material. You also cannot present information of your own in a way that makes it appear to be official government information..