This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of LPRng - an Enhanced Printer Spooler. This package was put together by Craig Small from sources obtained from http://lprng.sourceforge.net/ Upstream Author: Patrick Powell Copyright: Copyright (c) 1986-2001 Patrick Powell License: *LPRng and IFHP LICENSE* GNU GPL and Artistic License (Version 4, Jan 24, 2000) Copyright Patrick Powell, Astart Technologies All rights reserved. You may use "LPRng" or "IFHP" under either the terms of the GNU GPL License or the Artistic License. These licenses are included below. These Licenses apply to the computer software packages known as "LPRng", "IFHP", and associated files. The "Package" or "Program" below refers to the programs, files, and associated software which are distributed as the package. The "LPRng" Software Package is a copyrighted work whose copyright is held by Patrick Powell. The "IFHP" Software Package is a copyrighted work whose copyright is held by Patrick Powell. BY MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING THE PROGRAM (OR ANY WORK BASED ON THE PROGRAM), YOU INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE TO DO SO, AND ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTING OR MODIFYING THE PROGRAM OR WORKS BASED ON IT. NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS LICENSE GRANTS YOU PERMISSION TO MODIFY OR DISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM OR ITS DERIVATIVE WORKS. THESE ACTIONS ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT MODIFY OR DISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM. src/common/md5.c contains code which states: * This code implements the MD5 message-digest algorithm. * The algorithm is due to Ron Rivest. This code was * written by Colin Plumb in 1993, no copyright is claimed. * This code is in the public domain; do with it what you wish. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Addendum Fri Jun 21 17:06:33 PDT 2002 If you wish to distribute the LPRng source code or binaries of any of the programs in the LPRng packages under terms of the GNU license, then when any package or portion of the LPRng is configured to use any facility or utility of the OpenSSL distribution, the additional following clause will be applied, as recommended in the OpenSSL 0.9.6c release FAQ: "This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- On Debian GNU/Linux systems you will find the Artistic License at /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic and the GNU GPL version 2 at /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2