This is a Debian prepackaged version of the w.bassman utility. This package was put together by Joey Hess . The sources are from an old version of slackware, which is no longer up for ftp, so I have no url to them. The following copyright applies to this package: /* * w.c v1.4 * * An alternative "w" program for Linux. * Shows users and their processes. * * Copyright (c) Dec 1993, Oct 1994 Steve "Mr. Bassman" Bryant * bassman@hpbbi30.bbn.hp.com (Old address) * bassman@muttley.soc.staffs.ac.uk * * Info: * I starting writing as an improvement of the w program included * with linux. The idea was to add in some extra functionality to the * program, and see if I could fix a couple of bugs which seemed to * occur. * Mr. Bassman, 10/94 * * Acknowledgments: * * The original version of w: * Copyright (c) 1993 Larry Greenfield (greenfie@gauss.rutgers.edu) * * Uptime routine and w mods: * Michael K. Johnson (johnsonm@stolaf.edu) * * * Distribution: * This program is freely distributable under the terms of copyleft. * No warranty, no support, use at your own risk etc.