Getting GNU Software, 27 Feb 1988
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* 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
/u2/emacs/etc/GNU  (All files referred to are on the Internet host
prep.ai.mit.edu (aka mit-prep.arpa).)

Information on GNU Internet mailing lists can be found in file
/u2/emacs/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 ARPANET.
The third easiest way is to uucp it.  Ftp and uucp information is in
file /u2/emacs/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 /u2/emacs/etc/DISTRIB

* Available Software

**  GNU Emacs

The GNU Emacs distribution includes:
	- manual source in TeX format.
	- an enhanced regex (regular expression) library.

See file /u2/emacs/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.  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>.

The C Scheme distribution should work on 32-bit machines under VMS,
BSD 4.1 & 4.2, ATT systems 3 and 5, HPUX, and TRIX.  Some
conditionalization may have to be done for other machines and
operating systems.

For further information on Scheme refer to: "Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programs", by Harold Abelson and Gerald J.
Sussman with Julie Sussman, The MIT Press & McGraw-Hill Book Company,
1985; and, the "Revised^3 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme",
MIT Artificial Intelligence Memo 848a.  The later may be obtained by
sending a check for $6.00 (as of Nov. 86) per copy (U.S. funds)
payable to (prepayment is required):

	  Publications, Room NE43-818
	  MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
	  545 Technology Square
	  Cambridge, MA  02139

It is also available as: Jonathan Rees and William Clinger, editors,
"Revised^3 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme."  SIGPLAN Notices
21(12), December 1986.

** Other GNU Software

A fuller list of available software is in the file /u2/emacs/etc/DISTRIB

* No Warranties

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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

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address found in file /u2/emacs/etc/DISTRIB