rubybook 0.2.1-1 / usr / share / doc / rubybook / copyright

This package was debianized by Oliver M. Bolzer <oliver@debian.org> on
Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:47:08 +0100.

It was downloaded from
      http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ruby/downloads/book.html
and the online edition can be found at
      http://www.rubycentral.com/book/index.html


Upstream Authors: David Thomas and Andrew Hunt <rubybook@oragmaticprogrammer.com> 

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