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diff --git a/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE b/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE deleted file mode 100644 index 3652f504dcb..00000000000 --- a/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,112 +0,0 @@ --*- text -*- - Getting GNU Software, 21 Mar 93 -Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 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/GNUinfo/GNU' (all files referred to are on the Internet host -prep.ai.mit.edu). - -Information on GNU Internet mailing lists and gnUSENET newsgroups can -be found in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/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 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/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 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and -`/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'. - -* What format are the *.gz files in? - -Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate -patents, in fact), we cannot use it; it's not free software. - -Therefore, the GNU Project has chosen a new compression utility, -`gzip', which is free of any known software patents and which tends to -compress better anyway. As of March 1993, all compressed files in the -GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been -converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new -compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed -files, which end in `.Z'). - -Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack' files -(which end in `.z'). This is possible because the various -decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is. - -The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site in shar, tar, -or gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of -gzip and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every -unix system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS. - -* Available Software - -** GNU Emacs - -The GNU Emacs distribution includes: - - manual source in TeX format. - - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library. - -See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/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 its ftp distribution -should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>. There are -two general mailing lists: <info-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>and -<scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. Send requests to join either list to: -<info-cscheme-request@martigny.ai.mit.edu> or -<scheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. - -** Other GNU Software - -A full list of available software are in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS' and -`/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DESCRIPTIONS'. - -* 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. Please note that donations and funds raise by selling -tapes, cd-roms, and floppy diskettes are the major source of funding -for our work. - -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/GNUinfo/DISTRIB'. |