1: YEAR 2000 STATEMENT FOR BSD-GAMES AND BSD-GAMES-NON-FREE
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    4: The BSD games, and the Linux port thereof, come with NO WARRANTY, to
    5: the extent permitted by applicable law; see the disclaimers in the
    6: source files for details.  These games are not suitable for use in
    7: mission-critical situations.  The information given below is for
    8: information only, and the maintainer can accept no liability for any
    9: damage that may be caused by any defect in this software or inaccuracy
   10: in the statement below.  (If you bought this software from a
   11: distributor, they may offer a warranty; contact them for any details
   12: of this, or if you want copies of any year 2000 statements on headed
   13: notepaper.)
   14: 
   15: The BSD games are only one piece of software on a Linux system, and
   16: their year 2000 behaviour must be considered in conjunction with that
   17: of other software on the system; in particular, the C runtime library
   18: (including the math library), the ncurses library, the lex library,
   19: and the kernel, functions of which may be used at runtime, and the
   20: complier, binary utilities, make, yacc, lex and header files used to
   21: compile the BSD games.  I can provide no information concerning the
   22: compliance of these components, or how any non-compliance might affect
   23: the compliance of the BSD games.
   24: 
   25: To the best of my knowledge, there are no date-related operations in
   26: any of the BSD games, in bsd-games and bsd-games-non-free versions 2.2
   27: or later, which will handle the year 2000 incorrectly; please see the
   28: disclaimer above.  Earlier versions are known to have problems; in
   29: particular, the game with the greatest date dependence, pom (which
   30: determines the phase of the Moon), may handle the year 2000
   31: incorrectly in earlier versions.  However I cannot vouch for the
   32: accuracy of the algorithm used by pom over any particular timescale,
   33: and for accurate information on the phases of the Moon you are advised
   34: to consult the Astronomical Almanac or some other reputable source.
   35: Any further date-related bugs that are found and reported _may_ be
   36: fixed in the ordinary course of subsequent releases.