Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:10:47 -0700

The current Debian maintainer is Peter S Galbraith <psg@debian.org>

It was downloaded from:
   ftp://ftp.flaterco.com/xtide/xtide-2.11.tar.bz2

The upstream Web page is http://www.flaterco.com/xtide

License:
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Copyright (C) 1998  David Flater.

xtide is distributed under the terms of the GPL Version 2.
The license text can be found at /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2

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                             NOT FOR NAVIGATION

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. The author assumes no liability for
damages arising from use of this program OR of the 'harmonics data' that is
distributed with it. For details, see the appended GNU General Public
License.

(Accurate tide predictions can only be made if the 'harmonics data' for the
relevant location is good. Unfortunately, the only way I have of knowing
when the data is bad is when someone with access to authoritative tide
predictions for the affected location tells me so. That is why you should
not use this program or its data files if anyone or anything could come to
harm as a result of an incorrect tide prediction. NOAA and similar agencies
in other countries can provide you with certified tide predictions if that
is what you need.)

XTide's predictions do not incorporate the effects of tropical storms, El
Niño, seismic events, continental drift, or changes in global sea level.

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The tide prediction algorithm used in this program was developed with United
States Government funding, so no proprietary rights can be attached to it.
For more information, refer to the following publications:

     Manual of Harmonic Analysis and Prediction of Tides. Special
     Publication No. 98, Revised (1940) Edition (reprinted 1958 with
     corrections; reprinted again 1994). United States Government
     Printing Office, 1994.

     Computer Applications to Tides in the National Ocean Survey.
     Supplement to Manual of Harmonic Analysis and Prediction of Tides
     (Special Publication No. 98). National Ocean Service, National
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of
     Commerce, January 1982.

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The xtide icons are copyright 2007 Morten Kjeldgaard and are distributed 
according to the GNU Public License version 2 (or later).
