This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of pppd.

This package was previously maintained by Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.org>,
Alvar Bray <alvar@debian.org>, Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>, and
Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>.

Today it is maintained by Michael Beattie <mjb@debian.org>.

Original sources were obtained from:
  ftp://ftp.linuxcare.com.au/pub/ppp/

Previous versions obtained from:
  ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/

The options file was originally obtained from:
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/pppopt.tgz
It was later heavily modified by various people, with additions from
different sources.

All of the code can be freely used and redistributed.  The individual
source files each have their own copyright and permission notice; some
have a BSD-style notice and some are under the GPL.

The following files (and files related to them), used in building this pppd:
 auth.c fsm.c ipcp.c ipxcp.c lcp.c magic.c main.c options.c sys-linux.c upap.c
are covered by this copyright and license:

 * Copyright (c) 1989 Carnegie Mellon University.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
 * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
 * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
 * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
 * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
 * by Carnegie Mellon University.  The name of the
 * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
 * from this software without specific prior written permission.
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED `AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The file auth.c is covered by the above, and the following license
(along with ccp.c chap.c demand.c and utils.c files):

 * Copyright (c) 1993 The Australian National University.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
 * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
 * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
 * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
 * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
 * by the Australian National University.  The name of the University
 * may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
 * software without specific prior written permission.
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED `AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The file chap.c also is covered by this copyright and license:

 * Copyright (c) 1991 Gregory M. Christy.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
 * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
 * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
 * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
 * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
 * by Gregory M. Christy.  The name of the author may not be used to
 * endorse or promote products derived from this software without
 * specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED `AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The file md5.c (and related) is covered by this copyright and license:

 ***********************************************************************
 ** Copyright (C) 1990, RSA Data Security, Inc. All rights reserved.  **
 **                                                                   **
 ** License to copy and use this software is granted provided that    **
 ** it is identified as the "RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-     **
 ** Digest Algorithm" in all material mentioning or referencing this  **
 ** software or this function.                                        **
 **                                                                   **
 ** License is also granted to make and use derivative works          **
 ** provided that such works are identified as "derived from the RSA  **
 ** Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm" in all          **
 ** material mentioning or referencing the derived work.              **
 **                                                                   **
 ** RSA Data Security, Inc. makes no representations concerning       **
 ** either the merchantability of this software or the suitability    **
 ** of this software for any particular purpose.  It is provided "as  **
 ** is" without express or implied warranty of any kind.              **
 **                                                                   **
 ** These notices must be retained in any copies of any part of this  **
 ** documentation and/or software.                                    **
 ***********************************************************************

The file cbcp.c (and related) is covered by the following copyright and
license:

 * Copyright (c) 1995 Pedro Roque Marques
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
 * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
 * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
 * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
 * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
 * by Pedro Roque Marques.  The name of the author may not be used to
 * endorse or promote products derived from this software without
 * specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The file chap_ms.c (and related) is covered by the following copyright and
license:

 * Copyright (c) 1995 Eric Rosenquist, Strata Software Limited.
 * http://www.strataware.com/
 *
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
 * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
 * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
 * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
 * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
 * by Eric Rosenquist.  The name of the author may not be used to
 * endorse or promote products derived from this software without
 * specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The files vjcompress.h and slcompress.h are covered by this:

 * Copyright (c) 1989 Regents of the University of California.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
 * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
 * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
 * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
 * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
 * by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
 * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
 * from this software without specific prior written permission.
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED `AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The `chat' program is in the public domain.

The pppdump program is Copyright (C) 1999 Paul Mackerras. All rights
reserved. Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.

pppdump/zlib.c is:

  Copyright (C) 1995-1996 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler

  This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
  warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
  arising from the use of this software.

  Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
  including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
  freely, subject to the following restrictions:

  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
     claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
     in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
     appreciated but is not required.
  2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
     misrepresented as being the original software.
  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.

pppdump/deflate.c is:

 * Copyright (c) 1994 The Australian National University.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
 * documentation is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
 * notice appears in all copies.  This software is provided without any
 * warranty, express or implied. The Australian National University
 * makes no representations about the suitability of this software for
 * any purpose.
 *
 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE TO ANY
 * PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
 * ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF
 * THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
 * OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 *
 * THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES,
 * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
 * AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS
 * ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HAS NO
 * OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS,
 * OR MODIFICATIONS.

pppdump/bsd-comp.c is:

 * Copyright (c) 1985, 1986 The Regents of the University of California.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
 * James A. Woods, derived from original work by Spencer Thomas
 * and Joseph Orost.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
 *    must display the following acknowledgement:
 *	This product includes software developed by the University of
 *	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
 * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
 *    without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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