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Checking in some changes made by rms: Added +A web-based front end for @code{mon}, so that it can do the +job of Big Brother (which is not free software). Rearranged a few things. Commented out the speech-generation program that Chris Hofstader is working on.

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@c %**start of header
@setfilename tasks.info
@settitle GNU Task List
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
@set lastupdate January 12, 1999
@c %**end of header

@setchapternewpage off

@titlepage

@item
Software for designing and printing business cards.
@end itemize

@node Encryption Projects
@chapter Encryption Projects

These projects need to be written outside the US by people who are not
US citizens, to avoid problems with US export control law.

@item
A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable, 
account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc.

@item
A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is,
alas, not free software).

@item
A free ICQ-compatible server program.  (The ICQ server itself is not
free software.)

@item
A free replacement for Glimpse, which is not free software.

@item
Software for desktop publishing.  We are extending Emacs into a WYSIWYG
word processor, to handle primarily linear text; what this item proposes

@ignore  @c Software patents have made this domain off limits to free software.
@item
An MPEG III audio encoder/decoder (but it is necessary to check, first,
whether patents make this impossible).
@end ignore

@item
Speech-generation programs (there is a program from Brown U that you
could improve).

@item
Speech-recognition programs (single-speaker, disconnected speech is sufficient).

@item
A braille translation and formatting system which can convert marked up
documents into braille.  This should let the user customize the braille
translation rules; it would be good to divide it into a

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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@c %**start of header
@setfilename tasks.info
@settitle GNU Task List
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
@set lastupdate January 13, 1999
@c %**end of header

@setchapternewpage off

@titlepage

@item
Software for designing and printing business cards.
@end itemize

@node Network Projects
@chapter Network Projects

@itemize @bullet
@item
A web-based front end for @code{mon}, so that it can do the
job of Big Brother (which is not free software).

@item
A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is,
alas, not free software).

@item
A free ICQ-compatible server program.  (The ICQ server itself is not
free software.)
@end itemize

@node Encryption Projects
@chapter Encryption Projects

These projects need to be written outside the US by people who are not
US citizens, to avoid problems with US export control law.

@item
A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable, 
account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc.

@item
A free replacement for Glimpse, which is not free software.

@item
Software for desktop publishing.  We are extending Emacs into a WYSIWYG
word processor, to handle primarily linear text; what this item proposes

@ignore  @c Software patents have made this domain off limits to free software.
@item
An MPEG III audio encoder/decoder (but it is necessary to check, first,
whether patents make this impossible).

@c Chris Hofstader is working on this.
@item
Speech-generation programs (there is a program from Brown U that you
could improve).

@c We have a project now.
@item
Speech-recognition programs (single-speaker, disconnected speech is sufficient).
@end ignore

@item
A braille translation and formatting system which can convert marked up
documents into braille.  This should let the user customize the braille
translation rules; it would be good to divide it into a