This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of MD5 (renamed to be libmd5-perl). This is a Perl extension interface to the RSA Data Security Inc. MD5 algorithm. This package was put together by Michael Alan Dorman . The library is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). http://search.cpan.org/dist/MD5/ The only change for the Debian package was the addition of the debian/ files. The MD5 copright is as follows: Copyright 1998-2001 Gisle Aas. Copyright 1995-1996 Neil Winton. Copyright 1990-1992 RSA Data Security, Inc. Copyright: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or b) the "Artistic License" See: /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL For more information regarding these licensing options