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diff --git a/etc/DISTRIB b/etc/DISTRIB index ba80f754b87..61434b6edd1 100644 --- a/etc/DISTRIB +++ b/etc/DISTRIB @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ -*- text -*- -For an order form for all Emacs and FSF distributions deliverable from -the USA, see http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html. - - GNU Emacs availability information, October 2000 + GNU Emacs availability information Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Free Software Foundation, Inc. + 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, + 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. @@ -29,31 +26,17 @@ are designed to make sure that everyone who has a copy of GNU Emacs (including modified versions) has the freedom to redistribute and change it. -If you do not know anyone to get a copy of GNU Emacs from, you can -order a cd-rom from the Free Software Foundation. We distribute -several Emacs versions. We also distribute nicely typeset copies of -the Emacs user manual, Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, the Emacs -reference card, etc. See http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html. - -If you have Internet access, you can copy the latest Emacs -distribution from hosts, such as ftp.gnu.org. There are several ways -to do this; see http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html for more -information. +For information on how to get GNU software, see +http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html. Printed copies of GNU +manuals, including the Emacs manual, are available from the FSF's +online store at http://shop.fsf.org. Emacs has been run on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and on many Unix systems, on a variety of types of cpu, as well as on MSDOS, -Windows and MacOS. It also formerly worked on VMS and on Apollo -computers, though with some deficiencies that reflect problems in -these operating systems. See the file `MACHINES' in this directory -(see above) for a full list of machines that GNU Emacs has been tested +Windows and MacOS. See the file `etc/MACHINES' in the Emacs +distribution for a full list of machines that GNU Emacs has been tested on, with machine-specific installation notes and warnings. -Note that there is significant variation between Unix systems -supposedly running the same version of Unix; it is possible that what -works in GNU Emacs for me does not work on your system due to such an -incompatibility. Since I must avoid reading Unix source code, I -cannot even guess what such problems may exist. - GNU Emacs is distributed with no warranty (see the General Public License for full details, in the file `COPYING' in this directory (see above)), and neither I nor the Free Software Foundation promises any @@ -62,14 +45,13 @@ of people who are willing to offer support and assistance for hire. See http://www.gnu.org/help/gethelp.html. However, we plan to continue to improve GNU Emacs and keep it -reliable, so please send me any complaints and suggestions you have. -I will probably fix anything that I consider a malfunction. I may -make improvements that are suggested, but I may choose not to. +reliable, so please send us any complaints and suggestions you have. +We will probably fix anything that we consider a malfunction. We may +make improvements that are suggested, but we may choose not to. -If you are on the Internet, report bugs to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. You -can use the Emacs command M-x report-bug RET to mail a bug report. -Please read the Bugs section of the Emacs manual before reporting -bugs. +If you are on the Internet, report bugs to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. +You can use the Emacs command M-x report-bug RET to mail a bug report. +Please read the Bugs section of the Emacs manual before reporting bugs. General questions about the GNU Project can be asked of gnu@gnu.org. @@ -80,12 +62,14 @@ You should consider making a donation to help support the GNU project; if you estimate what it would cost to distribute some commercial product and divide it by five, that is a good amount. -If you like GNU Emacs, please express your satisfaction with a -donation: send me or the Foundation what you feel Emacs has been worth -to you. If you are glad that I developed GNU Emacs and distribute it -as free software, rather than following the obstructive and antisocial -practices typical of software developers, reward me. If you would -like the Foundation to develop more free software, contribute. +If you like GNU Emacs, please express your satisfaction with a donation: +send me (please email me about how) or the Foundation +(https://my.fsf.org/donate) what you feel Emacs has been worth to you. +If you are glad that I developed GNU Emacs and distribute it as free +software, rather than following the obstructive and antisocial +practices of proprietary software, you can reward me. If you would +like the Foundation to do more to forward the cause of free software, +you can contribute. Your donations will help to support the development of additional GNU software. GNU/Linux systems (variants of GNU, based on the kernel |