liblockdev is (c) 1997 by Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public 
   License (LGPL) 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 Library General 
   Public License (LGPL) along with this program;  if not, write 
   to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave., 
   Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU Library General
Public License can be found in `/usr/doc/copyright/LGPL'.

This program is a PLUTO project (see http://www.pluto.linux.it )
and is a native debian package; you can find the latest version
in ftp://ftp.pluto.linux.it/pub/pluto/developers/liblockdev , as well as in 
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/source/libs/liblockdev_*.tar.gz
or in any Debian mirror.

================ CONTRIBUTION ================

To contribute, partecipate to the development, or simply to be kept
informed, join the mailing list sending a message to
<liblockdev-request@pluto.linux.it>
with the text "subscribe" in the body of the message.

================ CREDITS ================

    *	Barak Pearlmutter <bap@cs.unm.edu>
	- code revision 
	- suggestion for the use of the semaphore.

    *	Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
	- code revision