12. Administrivia

12.1 Terms of Use

This document is copyright 1999 by Eric S. Raymond. You may use, disseminate, and reproduce it freely, provided you:

• Do not omit or alter this copyright notice.
• Do not omit or alter or omit the version number and date.
• Do not omit or alter the document's pointer to the current WWW version.
• Clearly mark any condensed, altered or versions as such.

These restrictions are intended to protect potential readers from stale or mangled versions. If you think you have a good case for an exception, ask me.

12.2 History

This was originally a mini-HOWTO maintained by Jim Haynes. I have changed the emphasis somewhat, trying to make it more a standalone document and less reliant on the various USENET bibliographic postings. The unattributed mini-reviews are mine rather than his.