This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the Linux kernel. Linux was written by Linus Torvalds and others. This package was put together by Simon Shapiro , from sources retrieved from directories under ftp.cs.helsinki.fi:/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/ The sources may be found at most Linux ftp sites, including ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ This package was then maintained by Sven Rudolph. This package was maintained by Herbert Xu from March 1997 to May 2004. This package was maintained by the Debian Kernel Team This package was split off by Herbert Xu in September 2004. Linux is copyrighted by Linus Torvalds and others. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.