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3 XEmacs availability information. Last Modified: 18-Jul-99.
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5 XEmacs is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.xemacs.org (207.96.122.8)
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6 in the directory /pub/xemacs/.
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7
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8 ftp.xemacs.org is the primary distribution point, but you may find
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9 copies of it at other sites as well. Please see the file FTP for mirrors.
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10
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11 The most up-to-date list of distribution sites can always be found on
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12 the XEmacs WWW page, http://www.xemacs.org/. Try to pick a site
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13 that is networkologically close to you. If you know of other mirrors
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14 of the XEmacs archives, please send us mail and we will list them here
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15 as well.
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16
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17 There are mailing lists and newsgroups specifically for discussing and
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18 reporting bugs in XEmacs; see the file MAILINGLISTS in this directory.
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19
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20 The FTP and ordering information in the remainder of this file applies
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21 to the versions of GNU Emacs distributed by the Free Software
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22 Foundation, not to XEmacs.
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23
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24 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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25
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26 For an order form for all Emacs and FSF distributions deliverable from
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27 the USA, see the file `ORDERS' in this directory (etc/ in the GNU
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28 Emacs distribution or /pub/gnu/GNUinfo on prep.ai.mit.edu). For a
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29 European order form, see `ORDERS.EUROPE'. For a Japan order form,
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30 see `ORDERS.JAPAN'.
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31
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32 GNU Emacs availability information, June 1995
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33 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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34
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35 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute
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36 verbatim copies of this document provided that the
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37 copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved.
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38
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39 GNU Emacs is legally owned by the Free Software Foundation, but we
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40 regard the foundation more as its custodian on behalf of the public.
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41
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42 In the GNU project, when we speak of "free software", this refers to
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43 liberty, not price. Specifically, it refers to the users' freedom to
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44 study, copy, change and improve the software. Sometimes users pay
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45 money for copies of GNU software, and sometimes they get copies at no
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46 charge. But regardless of how they got the software, or whether it
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47 was modified by anyone else along the way, they have the freedom to
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48 copy and change it--those freedoms are what "free software" means.
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49
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50 The precise conditions for copying and modification are stated in the
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51 document "GNU General Public License," a copy of which is required to
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52 be distributed with every copy of GNU Emacs. It is usually in a file
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53 named `COPYING' in the same directory as this file. These conditions
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54 are designed to make sure that everyone who has a copy of GNU Emacs
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55 (including modified versions) has the freedom to redistribute and
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56 change it.
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57
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58 If you do not know anyone to get a copy of GNU Emacs from, you can
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59 order a tape, cd-rom, or floppy diskette from the Free Software
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60 Foundation. We distribute Emacs version 18 and 19 in different
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61 formats for many machines. We also distribute nicely typeset copies
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62 of the Emacs user manual, Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, the Emacs
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63 reference card, etc. See file `ORDERS'.
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64
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65 If you have Internet access, you can copy the latest Emacs
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66 distribution from hosts, such as prep.ai.mit.edu. There are several
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67 ways to do this; see the file `FTP' for more information. Even
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68 better, get the latest version of the file from `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'
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69 on prep.ai.mit.edu for the most current arrangements. It may also be
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70 possible to copy Emacs via uucp; the file `FTP' contains information
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71 on that too.
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72
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73 Emacs has been run on both Berkeley Unix and System V Unix, on a
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74 variety of types of cpu. It also works on VMS and on Apollo
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75 computers, though with some deficiencies that reflect problems in
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76 these operating systems. See the file `MACHINES' in this directory
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77 (see above) for a full list of machines that GNU Emacs has been tested
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78 on, with machine-specific installation notes and warnings. There is
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79 also Demacs that works on newer MS-DOS machines (see file `ORDERS').
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80
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81 Note that there is significant variation between Unix systems
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82 supposedly running the same version of Unix; it is possible that what
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83 works in GNU Emacs for me does not work on your system due to such an
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84 incompatibility. Since I must avoid reading Unix source code, I
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85 cannot even guess what such problems may exist.
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86
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87 GNU Emacs is distributed with no warranty (see the General Public
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88 License for full details, in the file `COPYING' in this directory (see
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89 above)), and neither I nor the Free Software Foundation promises any
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90 kind of support or assistance to users. The foundation keeps a list
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91 of people who are willing to offer support and assistance for hire.
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92 See the file `SERVICE'. You can get the latest version from
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93 prep.ai.mit.edu in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/SERVICE'.
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94
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95 However, we plan to continue to improve GNU Emacs and keep it
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96 reliable, so please send me any complaints and suggestions you have.
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97 I will probably fix anything that I consider a malfunction. I may
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98 make improvements that are suggested, but I may choose not to.
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99 Improving Emacs is not my highest priority now.
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100
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101 If you are on the Internet, report bugs to
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102 bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; on UUCP, use the address
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103 ...!uunet!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-gnu-emacs. Otherwise, phone or write the
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104 foundation at:
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105 Free Software Foundation
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106 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
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107 Boston, MA 02111-1307
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108 Voice: +1-617-542-5942
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109 Fax: +1-617-542-2652
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110
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111 General questions about the GNU Project can be asked of
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112 gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu.
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113
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114 If you are a computer manufacturer, I encourage you to ship a copy of
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115 GNU Emacs with every computer you deliver. The same copying
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116 permission terms apply to computer manufacturers as to everyone else.
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117 You should consider making a donation to help support the GNU project;
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118 if you estimate what it would cost to distribute some commercial
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119 product and divide it by five, that is a good amount.
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120
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121 If you like GNU Emacs, please express your satisfaction with a
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122 donation: send me or the Foundation what you feel Emacs has been worth
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123 to you. If you are glad that I developed GNU Emacs and distribute it
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124 as freeware, rather than following the obstructive and antisocial
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125 practices typical of software developers, reward me. If you would
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126 like the Foundation to develop more free software, contribute.
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127
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128 Your donations will help to support the development of more useful
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129 software to be distributed on the same basis as GNU Emacs. Eventually
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130 we will have a complete imitation of the Unix operating system, called
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131 GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run Unix user programs. For more
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132 information on GNU, see the file `GNU' in this directory (see above).
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133
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134 Richard M Stallman
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135 Chief GNUisance,
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136 President of the Free Software Foundation
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