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diff --git a/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE b/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e3c18449044 --- /dev/null +++ b/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +-*- text -*- + Getting GNU Software, 19 Sep 90 +Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute + verbatim copies of this document provided that the + copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved. + +* GNU and the Free Software Foundation + +Project GNU is organized as part of the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +The Free Software Foundation has the following goals: + 1) to create GNU as a full development/operating system. + 2) to distribute GNU and other useful software with source code and +permission to copy and redistribute. + +Further information on the rationale for GNU is in file +/pub/gnu/etc/GNU (All files referred to are on the Internet host +prep.ai.mit.edu. + +Information on GNU Internet mailing lists and gnUSENET newsgroupscan +be found in file /pub/gnu/etc/MAILINGLISTS. + +* How To Get The Software + +The easiest way to get a copy of the distribution is from someone else +who has it. You need not ask for permission to do so, or tell any one +else; just copy it. The second easiest is to ftp it over the +Internet. The third easiest way is to uucp it. Ftp and uucp +information is in file /pub/gnu/etc/FTP. + +If you cannot get a copy any of these ways, or if you would feel more +confident getting copies straight from us, or if you would like to get +some funds to us to help in our efforts, you can order one from the +Free Software Foundation. See file /pub/gnu/etc/DISTRIB. + +* Available Software + +** GNU Emacs + +The GNU Emacs distribution includes: + - manual source in TeX format. + - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library. + +See file /pub/gnu/etc/MACHINES for the status of porting Emacs to +various machines and operating systems. + +** C Scheme - a block structured dialect of LISP. + +The Free Software Foundation distributes C Scheme for the MIT Scheme +Project on it tapes. A partial ftp distribution can be found on +prep.ai.mit.edu. The full ftp distribution can be found on +zurich.ai.mit.edu. + +Problems with the C Scheme distribution and it's ftp distribution +should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@prep.ai.mit.edu>. There are two +general mailing lists: <scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu> and +<info-cscheme@prep.ai.mit.edu>. Requests to join either list to: +<info-cscheme-request@prep.ai.mit.edu> or +<scheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. + +** Other GNU Software + +A fuller list of available software are in the files +/pub/gnu/etc/DISTRIB and /pub/gnu/etc/FTP. + +* No Warranties + +We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but without +any warranty. No author or distributor of this software accepts +responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or for +whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he +says so in writing. + +* If You Like The Software + +If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free +Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation. +Your donations will help to support the foundation and make our future +efforts successful, including a complete development and operating +system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user +programs. For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us +at Internet address <gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu> or the foundation's US Mail +address found in file /pub/gnu/etc/DISTRIB. |