SAB 17.01.2000 Change copyright to FSF.
SAB 29.01.2000 do not compile documentation as default (maybe put it
               on target doc)
SAB 30.01.2000 Turn off all debugging options with ./configure flag.
               (Do not give the -g flag to the compiler, set NDEBUG.)
SAB 27.03.2000 Add an author field to MdRecord?