This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of Mark Podlipec's
xanim utility.  This package provides the users of Debian GNU/Linux
with the ability to play many of the "movie" and sound files found on
the Internet.

This package was put together by Shaya Potter <spotter@itd.nrl.navy.mil>,
from Mark's sources, which were obtained from
ftp://ftp.shell.portal.com/pub/podlipec/xanim27063.tar.gz.  The
changes were very minimal - merely adding support for the Debian
package maintenance scheme, by adding various debian.* files.  The
package is now maintained by Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>.


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Below is the official permission from xanim's author, Mark Podlipec, to 
distribute xanim with non-free modules compiled in.

From: podlipec (Mark Podlipec)
Subject: Re: Can an xanim binary be distributed?
To: spotter@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Shaya Potter)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 96 22:21:45 EST
Reply-To: podlipec@BayNetworks.com
Organization: Bay Networks Inc.  Billerica MA
Content-Length: 487

Shaya Potter writes
> 
> Well the subjet line basically says it all.  Can xanim be distributed on 
> CD in binary form if we provide the copyright notice unpacked from the 
> binary, which says commercial use is prohibited?  I'm asking this b/c 
> even though I put it in the non-free section of the debian distribution, 
> some non-free packages can still be distributed on CD for a variety of 
> reasons.
> 
> Just Wondering,

Yes, that sounds feasible. I can agree to that :^)

Mark

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These are all the copyrights that apply.

Program Copyright (C) 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996 by Mark Podlipec.
Modifications for Debian GNU/Linux Copyright (C) 1996 by Shaya Potter
and (C) 1999-2001 Chris Lawrence.

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