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+-*- text -*-
+
+For information on getting XEmacs, see the files DISTRIB and
+MAILINGLISTS in the .../etc/ directory of the XEmacs distribution.
+
+
+		  Getting GNU Software, 14 May 94
+Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+
+	Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim
+	copies of this document provided that the copyright notice and
+	this permission notice are preserved, and that the distributor
+	grants the recipient permission for further redistribution as
+	permitted by this notice.
+
+
+* 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
+`/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/GNU' (all files referred to are on the Internet host
+prep.ai.mit.edu).
+
+Information on GNU Internet mailing lists and gnUSENET newsgroups can
+be found in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/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
+Internet.  The third easiest way is to uucp it.  Ftp and uucp
+information is in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/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 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and
+`/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'.
+
+* What format are the *.gz files in?
+
+Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate
+patents, in fact), we cannot use it; it's not free software.
+
+Therefore, the GNU Project has chosen a new compression utility,
+`gzip', which is free of any known software patents and which tends to
+compress better anyway.  As of March 1993, all compressed files in the
+GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been
+converted to the new format.  Files compressed with this new
+compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed
+files, which end in `.Z').
+
+Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack'-compressed
+files (which end in `.z').  This is possible because the various
+decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is.
+
+The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site (see
+`/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP' for a list of mirror sites) in shar, tar, or
+gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of gzip
+and want faster data transmission).  It works on virtually every unix
+system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS.
+
+* Available Software
+
+** GNU Emacs
+
+The GNU Emacs distribution includes: 	
+	- manual source in TeX format.
+	- an enhanced regex (regular expression) library.
+
+See files `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/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 on its Scheme tapes.  The full ftp distribution can be gotten
+via anonymous FTP from altdorf.ai.mit.edu in directory /archive.
+
+Problems with the C Scheme distribution and its ftp distribution
+should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>.  There are
+two general mailing lists: <info-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>and
+<scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu>.  Send requests to join either list to:
+<info-cscheme-request@martigny.ai.mit.edu> or
+<scheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu>.
+
+** Other GNU Software
+
+A full list of available software are in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS' and
+`/pub/gnu/DESCRIPTIONS'.
+
+* No Warranties
+
+We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but without
+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
+
+If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free
+Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation.
+Your donations will help to support the foundation and make our future
+efforts successful, including a complete development and operating
+system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user
+programs.  Please note that donations and funds raised by selling
+tapes, CD-ROMs, and floppy diskettes are the major source of funding
+for our work.
+
+For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us at Internet
+address <gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu> or the foundation's US Mail address
+found in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'.