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Getting GNU Software, 27 Feb 1988
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Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute
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verbatim copies of this document provided that the
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copyright notice and 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:
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1) to create GNU as a full development/operating system.
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2) to distribute GNU and other useful software with source code and
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permission to copy and redistribute.
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Further information on the rationale for GNU is in file
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/u2/emacs/etc/GNU (All files referred to are on the Internet host
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prep.ai.mit.edu (aka mit-prep.arpa).)
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Information on GNU Internet mailing lists can be found in file
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/u2/emacs/etc/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 ARPANET.
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The third easiest way is to uucp it. Ftp and uucp information is in
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file /u2/emacs/etc/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 file /u2/emacs/etc/DISTRIB
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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 file /u2/emacs/etc/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. Problems with the C Scheme distribution and it's ftp
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distribution should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
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There are two general mailing lists: <scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu> and
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<info-cscheme@prep.ai.mit.edu>. Requests to join either list to:
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<info-cscheme-request@prep.ai.mit.edu> or
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<scheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu>.
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The C Scheme distribution should work on 32-bit machines under VMS,
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BSD 4.1 & 4.2, ATT systems 3 and 5, HPUX, and TRIX. Some
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conditionalization may have to be done for other machines and
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operating systems.
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For further information on Scheme refer to: "Structure and
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Interpretation of Computer Programs", by Harold Abelson and Gerald J.
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Sussman with Julie Sussman, The MIT Press & McGraw-Hill Book Company,
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1985; and, the "Revised^3 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme",
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MIT Artificial Intelligence Memo 848a. The later may be obtained by
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sending a check for $6.00 (as of Nov. 86) per copy (U.S. funds)
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payable to (prepayment is required):
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Publications, Room NE43-818
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MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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545 Technology Square
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Cambridge, MA 02139
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It is also available as: Jonathan Rees and William Clinger, editors,
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"Revised^3 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme." SIGPLAN Notices
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21(12), December 1986.
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** Other GNU Software
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A fuller list of available software is in the file /u2/emacs/etc/DISTRIB
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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. For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us
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at Internet address <gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu> or the foundation's US Mail
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address found in file /u2/emacs/etc/DISTRIB
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