This is a Debian prepackaged version of the leafnode news server. This package was put together by Joey Hess and was maintained by Mark Brown . It is currently maintained by Robert Grimm . It also includes the touch_newsgroup script written by Jim Nicholson . The sources were downloaded from: Leafnode: http://www.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~ma/leafnode/beta/ touch_newsgroup: http://www.minusen.force9.co.uk/utilities/ The following copyright applies to Leafnode: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leafnode versions through 1.4 were written by Arnt Gulbrandsen and are copyright 1995 Troll Tech AS, Postboks 6133 Etterstad, 0602 Oslo, Norway, fax +47-22646949. Leafnode versions 1.5 and higher were written by Cornelius Krasel and are copyright 1997-2001. Leafnode versions 1.9.N, with N being 20 and higher, have been written by Matthias Andree and Ralf Wildenhues and are copyright 2002. 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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ############################################################################## The replacement vsnprintf() function was written by Theo de Raadt and is Copyright (c) 1997 under the following restrictions: Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 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