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3 XEmacs availability information. Last Modified: 10-feb-96.
4
5 XEmacs is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.xemacs.org (128.174.252.16)
6 in the directory /pub/xemacs/.
7
8 ftp.xemacs.org is the primary distribution point, but you may find
9 copies of it at other sites as well. Some sites to try include:
10
11 ftp.ai.mit.edu:/pub/xemacs/
12 ftp.uu.net:/systems/gnu/xemacs/
13 ftp.sunet.se:/pub/gnu/xemacs/
14 ftp.cenatls.cena.dgac.fr:/pub/Emacs/xemacs/
15 liasun3.epfl.ch:/pub/gnu/xemacs/
16 ftp.th-darmstadt.de:/pub/editors/xemacs/
17 audrey.levels.unisa.edu.au:/xemacs/
18 sunsite.auc.dk:/pub/emacs/xemacs/
19 sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu/xemacs/
20 uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu:/pub/packages/xemacs/
21 ftp.technion.ac.il:/pub/unsupported/gnu/xemacs/
22 thphys.irb.hr:/pub/xemacs/
23
24 The most up-to-date list of distribution sites can always be found on
25 the XEmacs WWW page, http://www.xemacs.org/. Try to pick a site
26 that is networkologically close to you. If you know of other mirrors
27 of the XEmacs archives, please send us mail and we will list them here
28 as well.
29
30 There are mailing lists and newsgroups specifically for discussing and
31 reporting bugs in XEmacs; see the file MAILINGLISTS in this directory.
32
33 The FTP and ordering information in the remainder of this file applies
34 to the versions of GNU Emacs distributed by the Free Software
35 Foundation, not to XEmacs.
36
37 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
38
39 For an order form for all Emacs and FSF distributions deliverable from
40 the USA, see the file `ORDERS' in this directory (etc/ in the GNU
41 Emacs distribution or /pub/gnu/GNUinfo on prep.ai.mit.edu). For a
42 European order form, see `ORDERS.EUROPE'. For a Japan order form,
43 see `ORDERS.JAPAN'.
44
45 GNU Emacs availability information, June 1995
46 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
47
48 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute
49 verbatim copies of this document provided that the
50 copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved.
51
52 GNU Emacs is legally owned by the Free Software Foundation, but we
53 regard the foundation more as its custodian on behalf of the public.
54
55 In the GNU project, when we speak of "free software", this refers to
56 liberty, not price. Specifically, it refers to the users' freedom to
57 study, copy, change and improve the software. Sometimes users pay
58 money for copies of GNU software, and sometimes they get copies at no
59 charge. But regardless of how they got the software, or whether it
60 was modified by anyone else along the way, they have the freedom to
61 copy and change it--those freedoms are what "free software" means.
62
63 The precise conditions for copying and modification are stated in the
64 document "GNU General Public License," a copy of which is required to
65 be distributed with every copy of GNU Emacs. It is usually in a file
66 named `COPYING' in the same directory as this file. These conditions
67 are designed to make sure that everyone who has a copy of GNU Emacs
68 (including modified versions) has the freedom to redistribute and
69 change it.
70
71 If you do not know anyone to get a copy of GNU Emacs from, you can
72 order a tape, cd-rom, or floppy diskette from the Free Software
73 Foundation. We distribute Emacs version 18 and 19 in different
74 formats for many machines. We also distribute nicely typeset copies
75 of the Emacs user manual, Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, the Emacs
76 reference card, etc. See file `ORDERS'.
77
78 If you have Internet access, you can copy the latest Emacs
79 distribution from hosts, such as prep.ai.mit.edu. There are several
80 ways to do this; see the file `FTP' for more information. Even
81 better, get the latest version of the file from `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'
82 on prep.ai.mit.edu for the most current arrangements. It may also be
83 possible to copy Emacs via uucp; the file `FTP' contains information
84 on that too.
85
86 Emacs has been run on both Berkeley Unix and System V Unix, on a
87 variety of types of cpu. It also works on VMS and on Apollo
88 computers, though with some deficiencies that reflect problems in
89 these operating systems. See the file `MACHINES' in this directory
90 (see above) for a full list of machines that GNU Emacs has been tested
91 on, with machine-specific installation notes and warnings. There is
92 also Demacs that works on newer MS-DOS machines (see file `ORDERS').
93
94 Note that there is significant variation between Unix systems
95 supposedly running the same version of Unix; it is possible that what
96 works in GNU Emacs for me does not work on your system due to such an
97 incompatibility. Since I must avoid reading Unix source code, I
98 cannot even guess what such problems may exist.
99
100 GNU Emacs is distributed with no warranty (see the General Public
101 License for full details, in the file `COPYING' in this directory (see
102 above)), and neither I nor the Free Software Foundation promises any
103 kind of support or assistance to users. The foundation keeps a list
104 of people who are willing to offer support and assistance for hire.
105 See the file `SERVICE'. You can get the latest version from
106 prep.ai.mit.edu in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/SERVICE'.
107
108 However, we plan to continue to improve GNU Emacs and keep it
109 reliable, so please send me any complaints and suggestions you have.
110 I will probably fix anything that I consider a malfunction. I may
111 make improvements that are suggested, but I may choose not to.
112 Improving Emacs is not my highest priority now.
113
114 If you are on the Internet, report bugs to
115 bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; on UUCP, use the address
116 ...!uunet!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-gnu-emacs. Otherwise, phone or write the
117 foundation at:
118 Free Software Foundation
119 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
120 Boston, MA 02111-1307
121 Voice: +1-617-542-5942
122 Fax: +1-617-542-2652
123
124 General questions about the GNU Project can be asked of
125 gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu.
126
127 If you are a computer manufacturer, I encourage you to ship a copy of
128 GNU Emacs with every computer you deliver. The same copying
129 permission terms apply to computer manufacturers as to everyone else.
130 You should consider making a donation to help support the GNU project;
131 if you estimate what it would cost to distribute some commercial
132 product and divide it by five, that is a good amount.
133
134 If you like GNU Emacs, please express your satisfaction with a
135 donation: send me or the Foundation what you feel Emacs has been worth
136 to you. If you are glad that I developed GNU Emacs and distribute it
137 as freeware, rather than following the obstructive and antisocial
138 practices typical of software developers, reward me. If you would
139 like the Foundation to develop more free software, contribute.
140
141 Your donations will help to support the development of more useful
142 software to be distributed on the same basis as GNU Emacs. Eventually
143 we will have a complete imitation of the Unix operating system, called
144 GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run Unix user programs. For more
145 information on GNU, see the file `GNU' in this directory (see above).
146
147 Richard M Stallman
148 Chief GNUisance,
149 President of the Free Software Foundation