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1 -*- text -*-
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2 Getting GNU Software, 14 May 94
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3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 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, and that the distributor
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9 grants the recipient permission for further redistribution as
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10 permitted by this notice.
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13 * GNU and the Free Software Foundation
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15 Project GNU is organized as part of the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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16 The Free Software Foundation has the following goals: 1) to create GNU
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17 as a full development/operating system. 2) to distribute GNU and
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18 other useful software with source code and permission to copy and
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19 redistribute.
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21 Further information on the rationale for GNU is in file
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22 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/GNU' (all files referred to are on the Internet host
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23 prep.ai.mit.edu).
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25 Information on GNU Internet mailing lists and gnUSENET newsgroups can
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26 be found in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MAILINGLISTS'.
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28 * How To Get The Software
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30 The easiest way to get a copy of the distribution is from someone else
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31 who has it. You need not ask for permission to do so, or tell any one
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32 else; just copy it. The second easiest is to ftp it over the
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33 Internet. The third easiest way is to uucp it. Ftp and uucp
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34 information is in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'.
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36 If you cannot get a copy any of these ways, or if you would feel more
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37 confident getting copies straight from us, or if you would like to get
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38 some funds to us to help in our efforts, you can order one from the
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39 Free Software Foundation. See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and
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40 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'.
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44 Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate
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45 patents, in fact), we cannot use it; it's not free software.
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47 Therefore, the GNU Project has chosen a new compression utility,
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48 `gzip', which is free of any known software patents and which tends to
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49 compress better anyway. As of March 1993, all compressed files in the
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50 GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been
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51 converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new
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53 files, which end in `.Z').
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55 Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack'-compressed
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56 files (which end in `.z'). This is possible because the various
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57 decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is.
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59 The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site (see
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60 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP' for a list of mirror sites) in shar, tar, or
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61 gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of gzip
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62 and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every unix
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63 system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS.
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65 * Available Software
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67 ** GNU Emacs
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69 The GNU Emacs distribution includes:
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70 - manual source in TeX format.
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71 - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library.
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73 See files `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MACHINES*' for the status of porting Emacs
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74 to various machines and operating systems.
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76 ** C Scheme - a block structured dialect of LISP.
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78 The Free Software Foundation distributes C Scheme for the MIT Scheme
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79 Project on its Scheme tapes. The full ftp distribution can be gotten
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82 Problems with the C Scheme distribution and its ftp distribution
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83 should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>. There are
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84 two general mailing lists: <info-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>and
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85 <scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. Send requests to join either list to:
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87 <scheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu>.
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89 ** Other GNU Software
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91 A full list of available software are in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS' and
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92 `/pub/gnu/DESCRIPTIONS'.
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94 * No Warranties
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96 We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but without
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97 any warranty. No author or distributor of this software accepts
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98 responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or for
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99 whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he
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100 says so in writing.
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102 * If You Like The Software
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104 If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free
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105 Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation.
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106 Your donations will help to support the foundation and make our future
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107 efforts successful, including a complete development and operating
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108 system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user
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109 programs. Please note that donations and funds raised by selling
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110 tapes, CD-ROMs, and floppy diskettes are the major source of funding
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111 for our work.
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113 For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us at Internet
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114 address <gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu> or the foundation's US Mail address
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115 found in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'.