This package was debianized by Stephane Bortzmeyer bortzmeyer@debian.org on
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:02:30 +0100.

It was originally downloaded from 
   <ftp://rdp.life.uiuc.edu/pub/RDP/programs/TreeTool>
Unfortunately this page is not reachable any more but the source could
be also found at
   http://www.rpi.edu/dept/bio/gdenew/treetool2.0.2

Upstream Author: Mike McCaughey <mrmike@clickbang.com>

Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994 University of Illinois board of trustees.
All rights reserved.  Written by Michael Maciukenas for the Ribosomal
Database Project.

License:
  No licence yet (still discussing) but I have an authorization:

Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 14:50:05 -0500 (20:50 CET)
To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@pasteur.fr>
From: mrmike <mrmike@clickbang.com>
Subject: Re: Intent to make a Debian Linux package of treetool

>Hello,
>
>I write to you as the author of the TreeTool package. I plan to make
>a Linux Debian package of TreeTool and I would like your authorization
>and some information about the TreeTool licence.
>
{SNIP}
>Yours,
>
>Stéphane Bortzmeyer
>Pasteur Institute

Thanks for your interest in treetool.  While treetool is "free"; some
portions are copyright the University of Illlinois.  I am currently working
on getting permission from them to obtain clear rights to the package; in
the meantime, I cannot place the program under the GNU license (which is my
desire).  I do have permission to distribute the program, so you are
welcome to include it under the "non-free" area of Debian Linux.

When these issues are cleared up, I will place the package under the GNU
license and let you know.

Regards,
Mike McCaughey
Click! Computer Services, Inc.
