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+Disclaimer
+==========
+You understand and agree that this material is entirely in the public
+domain, that it is made available to you without charge and that it will
+only be used based on the express disclaimer by Douglas E. Hammond and
+all other persons or organizations participating in its production,
+storage and transmission of any warranty or guarantee, express or
+implied, of any aspect of this material itself and of any results that
+may be obtained from its use.
+
+Acknowledgments
+===============
+This system is based on Little Smalltalk Version 3, developed by Timothy
+Budd.  Naturally, he is not responsible for any errors in this system.
+
+I'm deeply grateful to Professor Budd and to everyone who inspired and/
+or contributed to his efforts.  Productively building on their work, and
+letting others in turn build on mine, is the best way I know of to thank
+them all publicly.