The netcat Debian package was originally created by Michael Shields
<shields@crosslink.net>. It is currently maintained by Decklin Foster
<decklin@red-bean.com>.

Netcat was written by Hobbit <hobbit@atstake.com>, and can be
downloaded from <URL:http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/>.

The following permission statement is excerpted from `netcat.blurb':

  Netcat and the associated package is a product of Avian Research,
  and is freely available in full source form with no restrictions
  save an obligation to give credit where due.