This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of mmv. This package was put together by Michael Meskes , from sources obtained from USENET. It was maintained by Bernd Eckenfels with some enhancements (NLS Char Support, glibc compiles) from Bernd and kind contributions from Hartmut Koptein . At the moment it is maintained by Rhonda D'Vine and Axel Beckert . Copyright (c) 1989 Vladimir Lanin Mmv is freeware. That means that the entire package of software and documentation is copyrighted, and may not be distributed with any modifications or for any charge (without the author's explicit written permission). Other than that, it may be used and distributed freely. Vladimir Lanin 330 Wadsworth Ave, Apt 6F New York, NY 10040 lanin@csd2.nyu.edu ...!cmcl2!csd2!lanin However, Vladimir told me: Michael, This message is to serve as an announcement that I am changing the copyright of mmv to GPL. If this message is in any way insufficient to do so, please tell me what I have to do. Please keep in mind that I do not have in hand either the full GPL text or the source code of the last mmv release (oops). If there is any other way that I can help out, please tell me. Thanks, Vladimir Lanin vlad@brm.com Thanks to Joost for getting into touch with him. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 file, later versions can be found in the same directory.