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2 Getting GNU Software, 21 Mar 93
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3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim
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7 copies of this document provided that the copyright notice and
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8 this permission notice are preserved.
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10 * GNU and the Free Software Foundation
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12 Project GNU is organized as part of the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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13 The Free Software Foundation has the following goals: 1) to create GNU
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14 as a full development/operating system. 2) to distribute GNU and
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15 other useful software with source code and permission to copy and
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16 redistribute.
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18 Further information on the rationale for GNU is in file
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19 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/GNU' (all files referred to are on the Internet host
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20 prep.ai.mit.edu).
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22 Information on GNU Internet mailing lists and gnUSENET newsgroups can
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23 be found in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MAILINGLISTS'.
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25 * How To Get The Software
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27 The easiest way to get a copy of the distribution is from someone else
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28 who has it. You need not ask for permission to do so, or tell any one
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29 else; just copy it. The second easiest is to ftp it over the
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30 Internet. The third easiest way is to uucp it. Ftp and uucp
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31 information is in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'.
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33 If you cannot get a copy any of these ways, or if you would feel more
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34 confident getting copies straight from us, or if you would like to get
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35 some funds to us to help in our efforts, you can order one from the
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36 Free Software Foundation. See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and
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37 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'.
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38
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39 * What format are the *.z files in?
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41 Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate
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42 patents, in fact), we cannot use it; it's not free software.
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44 Therefore, the GNU Project has chosen a new compression utility,
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45 `gzip', which is free of any known software patents and which tends to
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46 compress better anyway. As of March 1993, all compressed files in the
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47 GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been
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48 converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new
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49 compression program end in `.z' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed
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50 files, which end in `.Z').
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52 Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack' files
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53 (which also end in `.z'). This is possible because the various
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54 decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is.
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56 The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site in shar, tar,
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57 or gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of
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58 gzip and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every
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59 unix system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS.
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61 * Available Software
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63 ** GNU Emacs
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65 The GNU Emacs distribution includes:
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66 - manual source in TeX format.
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67 - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library.
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69 See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MACHINES' for the status of porting Emacs to
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70 various machines and operating systems.
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72 ** C Scheme - a block structured dialect of LISP.
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74 The Free Software Foundation distributes C Scheme for the MIT Scheme
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75 Project on it tapes. A partial ftp distribution can be found on
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76 prep.ai.mit.edu. The full ftp distribution can be found on
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77 zurich.ai.mit.edu.
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79 Problems with the C Scheme distribution and its ftp distribution
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80 should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>. There are
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81 two general mailing lists: <info-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>and
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82 <scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. Send requests to join either list to:
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83 <info-cscheme-request@martigny.ai.mit.edu> or
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84 <scheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu>.
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86 ** Other GNU Software
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88 A full list of available software are in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS' and
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89 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DESCRIPTIONS'.
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91 * No Warranties
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93 We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but without
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94 any warranty. No author or distributor of this software accepts
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95 responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or for
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96 whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he
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97 says so in writing.
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99 * If You Like The Software
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101 If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free
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102 Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation.
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103 Your donations will help to support the foundation and make our future
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104 efforts successful, including a complete development and operating
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105 system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user
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106 programs. Please note that donations and funds raise by selling
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107 tapes, cd-roms, and floppy diskettes are the major source of funding
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108 for our work.
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110 For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us at Internet
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111 address <gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu> or the foundation's US Mail address
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112 found in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB'.
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