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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 | |
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. | |
2305 | 16 The Free Software Foundation has the following goals: 1) to create GNU |
17 as a full development/operating system. 2) to distribute GNU and | |
18 other useful software with source code and permission to copy and | |
19 redistribute. | |
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21 Further information on the rationale for GNU is in file | |
2305 | 22 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/GNU' (all files referred to are on the Internet host |
23 prep.ai.mit.edu). | |
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2305 | 25 Information on GNU Internet mailing lists and gnUSENET newsgroups can |
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 | |
31 who has it. You need not ask for permission to do so, or tell any one | |
32 else; just copy it. The second easiest is to ftp it over the | |
33 Internet. The third easiest way is to uucp it. Ftp and uucp | |
2305 | 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 | |
37 confident getting copies straight from us, or if you would like to get | |
38 some funds to us to help in our efforts, you can order one from the | |
2305 | 39 Free Software Foundation. See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and |
40 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'. | |
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42 * What format are the *.gz files in? |
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44 Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate | |
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, | |
48 `gzip', which is free of any known software patents and which tends to | |
49 compress better anyway. As of March 1993, all compressed files in the | |
50 GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been | |
51 converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new | |
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52 compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed |
2305 | 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 |
2305 | 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 | |
66 | |
2305 | 67 ** GNU Emacs |
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2305 | 69 The GNU Emacs distribution includes: |
101 | 70 - manual source in TeX format. |
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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80 via anonymous FTP from altdorf.ai.mit.edu in directory /archive. |
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1028 | 82 Problems with the C Scheme distribution and its ftp distribution |
2305 | 83 should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>. There are |
84 two general mailing lists: <info-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>and | |
85 <scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. Send requests to join either list to: | |
86 <info-cscheme-request@martigny.ai.mit.edu> or | |
101 | 87 <scheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. |
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89 ** Other GNU Software | |
90 | |
2305 | 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 | |
97 any warranty. No author or distributor of this software accepts | |
98 responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or for | |
99 whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he | |
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 | |
105 Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation. | |
106 Your donations will help to support the foundation and make our future | |
107 efforts successful, including a complete development and operating | |
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 |
2305 | 111 for our work. |
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113 For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us at Internet | |
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'. |