This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged Archive::Tar. This is a perl modules intended to make manipulating tar files quick, easy and reliable. This package was put together by Michael Alan Dorman . The original sources should always be available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit to find a CPAN site near you. The only change for the Debian package was the addition of the debian/ files. It was maintained by Stephen Zander until 10 Oct 2004 and is now maintained by Matthias Klose . The Archive::Tar copright is as follows: Archive::Tar is Copyright 1997 Calle Dybedahl. All rights reserved. Copyright 1998 Stephen Zander. All rights reserved. Copyright 2002 Jos Boumans. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Perl is distributed under either the Artistic licence or the GPL. The full text of the GPL is available on Debian systems in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL The full text of the Artistic Licence is available on Debian systems in /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic.