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37 lines
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YEAR 2000 STATEMENT FOR BSD-GAMES AND BSD-GAMES-NON-FREE
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The BSD games, and the Linux port thereof, come with NO WARRANTY, to
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the extent permitted by applicable law; see the disclaimers in the
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source files for details. These games are not suitable for use in
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mission-critical situations. The information given below is for
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information only, and the maintainer can accept no liability for any
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damage that may be caused by any defect in this software or inaccuracy
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in the statement below. (If you bought this software from a
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distributor, they may offer a warranty; contact them for any details
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of this, or if you want copies of any year 2000 statements on headed
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notepaper.)
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The BSD games are only one piece of software on a Linux system, and
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their year 2000 behaviour must be considered in conjunction with that
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of other software on the system; in particular, the C runtime library
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(including the math library), the ncurses library, the lex library,
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and the kernel, functions of which may be used at runtime, and the
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complier, binary utilities, make, yacc, lex and header files used to
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compile the BSD games. I can provide no information concerning the
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compliance of these components, or how any non-compliance might affect
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the compliance of the BSD games.
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To the best of my knowledge, there are no date-related operations in
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any of the BSD games, in bsd-games and bsd-games-non-free versions 2.2
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or later, which will handle the year 2000 incorrectly; please see the
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disclaimer above. Earlier versions are known to have problems; in
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particular, the game with the greatest date dependence, pom (which
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determines the phase of the Moon), may handle the year 2000
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incorrectly in earlier versions. However I cannot vouch for the
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accuracy of the algorithm used by pom over any particular timescale,
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and for accurate information on the phases of the Moon you are advised
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to consult the Astronomical Almanac or some other reputable source.
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Any further date-related bugs that are found and reported _may_ be
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fixed in the ordinary course of subsequent releases.
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