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| author | Karl Heuer | 1998-04-08 06:09:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Karl Heuer | 1998-04-08 06:09:04 +0000 |
| commit | 56cf8ff5efced01b1261fd4fff0f0ac2bcab96df (patch) | |
| tree | 30aef799d8023e132a448a085eb8cb42043d844a | |
| parent | 1eb6bf70dcd005d90b0049ea9f9b74881a2e335e (diff) | |
| download | emacs-56cf8ff5efced01b1261fd4fff0f0ac2bcab96df.tar.gz emacs-56cf8ff5efced01b1261fd4fff0f0ac2bcab96df.zip | |
Old changes finally checked into RCS
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| 1 | -*- text -*- | 1 | -*- text -*- |
| 2 | Getting GNU Software, 21 Mar 93 | 2 | Getting GNU Software, 14 May 94 |
| 3 | Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | 3 | Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim | 6 | Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim |
| 7 | copies of this document provided that the copyright notice and | 7 | copies of this document provided that the copyright notice and |
| 8 | this permission notice are preserved. | 8 | this permission notice are preserved, and that the distributor |
| 9 | grants the recipient permission for further redistribution as | ||
| 10 | permitted by this notice. | ||
| 11 | |||
| 9 | 12 | ||
| 10 | * GNU and the Free Software Foundation | 13 | * GNU and the Free Software Foundation |
| 11 | 14 | ||
| @@ -49,14 +52,15 @@ converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new | |||
| 49 | compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed | 52 | compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed |
| 50 | files, which end in `.Z'). | 53 | files, which end in `.Z'). |
| 51 | 54 | ||
| 52 | Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack' files | 55 | Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack'-compressed |
| 53 | (which end in `.z'). This is possible because the various | 56 | files (which end in `.z'). This is possible because the various |
| 54 | decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is. | 57 | decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is. |
| 55 | 58 | ||
| 56 | The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site in shar, tar, | 59 | The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site (see |
| 57 | or gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of | 60 | `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP' for a list of mirror sites) in shar, tar, or |
| 58 | gzip and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every | 61 | gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of gzip |
| 59 | unix system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS. | 62 | and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every unix |
| 63 | system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS. | ||
| 60 | 64 | ||
| 61 | * Available Software | 65 | * Available Software |
| 62 | 66 | ||
| @@ -66,15 +70,14 @@ The GNU Emacs distribution includes: | |||
| 66 | - manual source in TeX format. | 70 | - manual source in TeX format. |
| 67 | - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library. | 71 | - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library. |
| 68 | 72 | ||
| 69 | See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MACHINES' for the status of porting Emacs to | 73 | See files `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MACHINES*' for the status of porting Emacs |
| 70 | various machines and operating systems. | 74 | to various machines and operating systems. |
| 71 | 75 | ||
| 72 | ** C Scheme - a block structured dialect of LISP. | 76 | ** C Scheme - a block structured dialect of LISP. |
| 73 | 77 | ||
| 74 | The Free Software Foundation distributes C Scheme for the MIT Scheme | 78 | The Free Software Foundation distributes C Scheme for the MIT Scheme |
| 75 | Project on it tapes. A partial ftp distribution can be found on | 79 | Project on its Scheme tapes. The full ftp distribution can be gotten |
| 76 | prep.ai.mit.edu. The full ftp distribution can be found on | 80 | via anonymous FTP from altdorf.ai.mit.edu in directory /archive. |
| 77 | zurich.ai.mit.edu. | ||
| 78 | 81 | ||
| 79 | Problems with the C Scheme distribution and its ftp distribution | 82 | Problems with the C Scheme distribution and its ftp distribution |
| 80 | should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>. There are | 83 | should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>. There are |
| @@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ two general mailing lists: <info-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>and | |||
| 86 | ** Other GNU Software | 89 | ** Other GNU Software |
| 87 | 90 | ||
| 88 | A full list of available software are in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS' and | 91 | A full list of available software are in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS' and |
| 89 | `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DESCRIPTIONS'. | 92 | `/pub/gnu/DESCRIPTIONS'. |
| 90 | 93 | ||
| 91 | * No Warranties | 94 | * No Warranties |
| 92 | 95 | ||
| @@ -103,10 +106,10 @@ Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation. | |||
| 103 | Your donations will help to support the foundation and make our future | 106 | Your donations will help to support the foundation and make our future |
| 104 | efforts successful, including a complete development and operating | 107 | efforts successful, including a complete development and operating |
| 105 | system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user | 108 | system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user |
| 106 | programs. Please note that donations and funds raise by selling | 109 | programs. Please note that donations and funds raised by selling |
| 107 | tapes, cd-roms, and floppy diskettes are the major source of funding | 110 | tapes, CD-ROMs, and floppy diskettes are the major source of funding |
| 108 | for our work. | 111 | for our work. |
| 109 | 112 | ||
| 110 | For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us at Internet | 113 | For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us at Internet |
| 111 | address <gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu> or the foundation's US Mail address | 114 | address <gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu> or the foundation's US Mail address |
| 112 | found in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB'. | 115 | found in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'. |