This is the introduction to the Duck practice test system.

To install Duck read the INSTALL file in the main directory.

To read about why duck might be interesting, read WHY.

There are subsequent README files in each directory that
provide an overview of what's here.

If you have any questions about duck, send email to:
  duck@bio.umass.edu

or contact me directly:
  Steven D. Brewer <sbrewer@bio.umass.edu>
  Biology Department
  University of Massachusetts
  Amherst, MA 01003


Duck was written by Steven D. Brewer.  I would like to 
acknowledge Eric Martz, who used the system the first time,
found many bugs, and made many useful comments.  

Duck is Copyright (C)2000  Steven D. Brewer

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

Duck is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.