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| | 2 | Getting GNU Software, 14 May 94 |
| | 3 | Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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| | 18 | other useful software with source code and permission to copy and |
| | 19 | redistribute. |
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| | 28 | * How To Get The Software |
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| | 39 | Free Software Foundation. See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and |
| | 40 | `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'. |
| | 41 | |
| | 42 | * What format are the *.gz files in? |
| | 43 | |
| | 44 | Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate |
| | 45 | patents, in fact), we cannot use it; it's not free software. |
| | 46 | |
| | 47 | Therefore, the GNU Project has chosen a new compression utility, |
| | 48 | `gzip', which is free of any known software patents and which tends to |
| | 49 | compress better anyway. As of March 1993, all compressed files in the |
| | 50 | GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been |
| | 51 | converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new |
| | 52 | compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed |
| | 53 | files, which end in `.Z'). |
| | 54 | |
| | 55 | Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack'-compressed |
| | 56 | files (which end in `.z'). This is possible because the various |
| | 57 | decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is. |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site (see |
| | 60 | `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP' for a list of mirror sites) in shar, tar, or |
| | 61 | gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of gzip |
| | 62 | and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every unix |
| | 63 | system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS. |
| | 64 | |
| | 65 | * Available Software |
| | 66 | |
| | 67 | ** GNU Emacs |
| | 68 | |
| | 69 | The GNU Emacs distribution includes: |
| | 70 | - manual source in TeX format. |
| | 71 | - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library. |
| | 72 | |
| | 73 | See files `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MACHINES*' for the status of porting Emacs |
| | 74 | to various machines and operating systems. |
| | 75 | |
| | 76 | ** C Scheme - a block structured dialect of LISP. |
| | 77 | |
| | 78 | The Free Software Foundation distributes C Scheme for the MIT Scheme |
| | 79 | Project on its Scheme tapes. The full ftp distribution can be gotten |
| | 80 | via anonymous FTP from altdorf.ai.mit.edu in directory /archive. |
| | 81 | |
| | 82 | Problems with the C Scheme distribution and its ftp distribution |
| | 83 | should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>. There are |
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| | 88 | |
| | 89 | ** Other GNU Software |
| | 90 | |
| | 91 | A full list of available software are in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS' and |
| | 92 | `/pub/gnu/DESCRIPTIONS'. |
| | 93 | |
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| | 99 | whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he |
| | 100 | says so in writing. |
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