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