<chapt id="scope">
  <heading>About this handbook</heading>
  <sect>
    <heading>Scope</heading>
    <p>

      The main goal of this handbook is to serve as a single access
      point to all kernel-related documentation. It contains the
      information about the Debian packaging of Linux kernel for
      Debian 7.0 (wheezy). The latest released
      version is always available from <url
      id="http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org"
      name="http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org">. Note that this
      is a work in progress, and some information is inaccurate.
    </p>
    <p>

      Some of the commands mentioned in the text must be executed with
      superuser priviliges, either by becoming the <tt>root</tt> user
      or by using <tt>sudo</tt>. To distinguish between commands which
      may be executed by an unprivileged user and those requiring
      superuser privileges, commands are prepended by <tt>$</tt> or
      <tt>#</tt> respectively. This symbol is not a part of the
      command.

    </p>
  </sect>
  <sect id="authors">
    <heading>Authors and Contributors</heading>
    <p>

      This handbook is maintained within the <url
      id="http://alioth.debian.org/projects/kernel-handbook"
      name="kernel-handbook"> project on <url
      id="http://alioth.debian.org" name="Alioth">. The SGML source of
      the book may be checked out from the Debian
      <url id="http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=kernel-handbook/kernel-handbook.git"
      name="git repository">. It is
      intended as a community project, thus all proposals for
      improvements and contributions are welcome. The preferred way to
      submit a contribution is to send it to the
      <tt>kernel-handbook-general@lists.alioth.debian.org</tt> mailing
      list. When submitting a contribution please clearly identify its
      copyright holder and include the licensing statement. Note that
      to be accepted the contribution must be licensed under the same
      license as the rest of the document, namely GPL version 2 or
      later. Below is the list of current contributors:

      <list>
        <item>Jurij Smakov</item>
	<item>Sven Luther</item>
	<item>Andres Salomon</item>
	<item>Maximilian Attems</item>
	<item>Ben Hutchings</item>
      </list>
    </p>
  </sect>
</chapt>
