This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of the FSF's GNU
Readline library.

This package was put together by Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>, derived
from the bash package by Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>, from the GNU sources at

	ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/readline/readline-5.2.tar.gz.

Upstream Authors:

    Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
    Jeff Solomon <jsolomon@stanford.edu> (examples/excallback.c)
    Harold Levy <Harold.Levy@synopsys.com> (examples/rl-fgets.c)
    Juergen Weigert <jnweiger@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> (examples/rlfe)
    Michael Schroeder <mlschroe@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> (examples/rlfe)
    Oliver Laumann (examples/rlfe)

Copyright:

    Copyright (C) 1987-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Copyright (C) 1999 Jeff Solomon (examples/excallback.c)
    Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Harold Levy (examples/rl-fgets.c)
    Copyright (C) 1993-2002 Juergen Weigert (examples/rlfe)
    Copyright (C) 1993-2002 Michael Schroeder (examples/rlfe)
    Copyright (C) 1987 Oliver Laumann (examples/rlfe)

License:

    The GNU Readline Library 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; either version 2, or (at
    your option) any later version.

    The GNU Readline Library 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 with
    your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or with
    the Debian GNU/Linux bash source package as the file COPYING.  If not,
    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, A 02110-1301, USA.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.

The Debian packaging is:

    Copyright (C) 1999-2011 Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>

and is licensed under the GPL version 2, 
see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
