DISCLAIMER
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The BSD filesystem for AmigaDOS was derived in part from the 1983
BSD 4.2 paper, "A Fast File System for UNIX" - Marshall Kirk McKusick, 
William N. Joy, Samuel J. Leffler, Robert S. Fabry of the University
of California at Berkeley (Computer Systems Research Group).

A modified version of the Berkeley BSD Tahoe include files are used
as part of this program.  However, at no point during development was
the Berkeley ufs filesystem source code consulted for ideas, techniques,
algorithms, or other such aid in the development of this filesystem.
Because of this, the filesystem is claimed to be compatible only
with regard to data structure and not necessarily organization nor
algorithmic policies.

The programs fsck, mkfs, and diskpart were ported from BSD Tahoe
to AmigaDOS by Chris Hooper.  The programs were modified heavily to
accommodate AmigaDOS devices and reduce the system stack requirements.
Because of this a warning must be issued that the operation of these
programs may not be identical from their original sources, and may
perform incorrectly with respect to the original implementation.

The programs dumpfs, dcp, ln, BFFStool, rdb, chown, els, and mknod
are utilities created mainly to support development of the filesystem.
As with the rest of the software in this distribution it is not implied
these utilities will perform to any expectations, expressed or implied.

All aforementioned programs may do more harm than good to affected
media.  I, in no way, guarantee correctness of the product and will
not be held responsible for its use (or misuse).  This includes all
damages incurred and loss of business.

This package and support utilities represent a culmination (off and
on) of three years work on my part.  All development was done on my
own equipment.  In no way shall my employers, past or present, be 
granted claim to ownership or the responsibilities thus implied by
this software distribution.


PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION
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This product and individual contents thereof are Copyright () 1991,
1992, 1993, and 1994 by Chris Hooper.  No part of this product is
Public Domain nor may be treated as such.  This product is not
Commercial Software, Public Domain, or Shareware.  It is best
described by the term Freeware.  The terms and obligations of
Freeware are simple and non-monetary; if they cannot be met,
you must completely erase / destroy this package.


Terms of ownership
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    1. You do not modify/erase/spindle/mutilate and distribute any
	part of this package (other than spelling corrections ;)
    2. You will help or have helped at least three other people
	learning how to use computers.
    3. You report bugs to me directly if they really drive you nuts.


Terms of distribution
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    1. All terms of ownership are met.
    2. All files included in the distribution of this package are
	redistributed together unmodified as the same package.
    3. No fee other than reasonable repackaging is charged for this
	product.  Organizations that wish to charge for this package
	or include any part of this package in their own for sale
	package must contact me and obtain approval.  The following
	are granted exclusive unlimited distribution rights.  They
	may charge what they see fit with no royalties.
	    Ty Sarna for inclusion in any NetBSD distribution
	    Markus Wild for inclusion in any NetBSD distribution
	    Fred Fish for inclusion in any Fish disk distribution
	    Aminet Internet free software archive
	    Any Internet FTP site offering this package as a free
		anonymous service
	    

Thank you to the Internet community for enriching my life and
providing such lofty programming challenges.  Thank you especially
to those people who have helped as Beta testers and others that
helped make my programs better.  Special thanks goes out to Ken Dyke
and Randell Jesup of Commodore.


My permanent address:

Chris Hooper               |   My email address may change, but I
72560 M-43 Hwy.	           |   may currently be reached via:
South Haven, MI  49090     |   cdh@mtu.edu or Chris.Hooper@gdls.com
