This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the grep program.
Currently Ryan M. Golbeck <rmgolbeck@debian.org> maintains the
Debian GNU/Linux version of grep.

Robert van der Meulen <rvdm@debian.org> was the previous maintainer.

This package was created from the grep sources as found on the GNU
mirrors.  Grep is copyrighted as described below:

   Copyright 1992, 1997-1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program 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.

   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 General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
   02111-1307, USA.

On a Debian system you can find a copy of this license in
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
