
This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the GNU Octave
interactive numerical programming language.  GNU Octave was written by 
John W. Eaton <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>.

This package was first initially maintained by Andrew D. Fernandes
<adfernan@cnd.mcgill.ca> who passed it to Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>.
The current maintainer is Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>.  The original
sources can be obtained at ftp://bevo.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave.  See
/usr/doc/octave/changelog.Debian.gz for details on the applied changes.

GNU Octave is Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton

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





