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