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- XEmacs availability information. Last Modified: 22-jun-95.
-
- XEmacs is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.uiuc.edu (128.174.252.1)
- in the directory /pub/xemacs/.
-
- ftp.cs.uiuc.edu is the primary distribution point, but you may find
- copies of it at other sites as well. Some sites to try include:
-
- ftp.ai.mit.edu:/pub/xemacs/
- ftp.uu.net:/systems/gnu/xemacs/
- ftp.sunet.se:/pub/gnu/xemacs/
- ftp.cenatls.cena.dgac.fr:/pub/Emacs/xemacs/
- liasun3.epfl.ch:/pub/gnu/xemacs/
- ftp.th-darmstadt.de:/pub/editors/xemacs/
- audrey.levels.unisa.edu.au:/xemacs/
- sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu/xemacs/
-
- The most up-to-date list of distribution sites can always be found on
- the XEmacs WWW page, http://xemacs.cs.uiuc.edu/. Try to pick a site
- that is networkologically close to you. If you know of other mirrors
- of the XEmacs archives, please send us mail and we will list them here
- as well.
-
- There are mailing lists and newsgroups specifically for discussing and
- reporting bugs in XEmacs; see the file MAILINGLISTS in this directory.
-
- The FTP and ordering information in the remainder of this file applies
- to the versions of GNU Emacs distributed by the Free Software
- Foundation, not to XEmacs.
-
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-
- For an order form for all Emacs and FSF distributions deliverable from
- the USA, see the file `ORDERS' in this directory (etc/ in the GNU
- Emacs distribution or /pub/gnu/GNUinfo on prep.ai.mit.edu). For a
- European order form, see `ORDERS.EUROPE'. For a Japan order form,
- see `ORDERS.JAPAN'.
-
- GNU Emacs availability information, June 1995
- Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 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.
-
- GNU Emacs is legally owned by the Free Software Foundation, but we
- regard the foundation more as its custodian on behalf of the public.
-
- In the GNU project, when we speak of "free software", this refers to
- liberty, not price. Specifically, it refers to the users' freedom to
- study, copy, change and improve the software. Sometimes users pay
- money for copies of GNU software, and sometimes they get copies at no
- charge. But regardless of how they got the software, or whether it
- was modified by anyone else along the way, they have the freedom to
- copy and change it--those freedoms are what "free software" means.
-
- The precise conditions for copying and modification are stated in the
- document "GNU General Public License," a copy of which is required to
- be distributed with every copy of GNU Emacs. It is usually in a file
- named `COPYING' in the same directory as this file. These conditions
- are designed to make sure that everyone who has a copy of GNU Emacs
- (including modified versions) has the freedom to redistribute and
- change it.
-
- If you do not know anyone to get a copy of GNU Emacs from, you can
- order a tape, cd-rom, or floppy diskette from the Free Software
- Foundation. We distribute Emacs version 18 and 19 in different
- formats for many machines. We also distribute nicely typeset copies
- of the Emacs user manual, Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, the Emacs
- reference card, etc. See file `ORDERS'.
-
- If you have Internet access, you can copy the latest Emacs
- distribution from hosts, such as prep.ai.mit.edu. There are several
- ways to do this; see the file `FTP' for more information. Even
- better, get the latest version of the file from `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'
- on prep.ai.mit.edu for the most current arrangements. It may also be
- possible to copy Emacs via uucp; the file `FTP' contains information
- on that too.
-
- Emacs has been run on both Berkeley Unix and System V Unix, on a
- variety of types of cpu. It also works on VMS and on Apollo
- computers, though with some deficiencies that reflect problems in
- these operating systems. See the file `MACHINES' in this directory
- (see above) for a full list of machines that GNU Emacs has been tested
- on, with machine-specific installation notes and warnings. There is
- also Demacs that works on newer MS-DOS machines (see file `ORDERS').
-
- Note that there is significant variation between Unix systems
- supposedly running the same version of Unix; it is possible that what
- works in GNU Emacs for me does not work on your system due to such an
- incompatibility. Since I must avoid reading Unix source code, I
- cannot even guess what such problems may exist.
-
- GNU Emacs is distributed with no warranty (see the General Public
- License for full details, in the file `COPYING' in this directory (see
- above)), and neither I nor the Free Software Foundation promises any
- kind of support or assistance to users. The foundation keeps a list
- of people who are willing to offer support and assistance for hire.
- See the file `SERVICE'. You can get the latest version from
- prep.ai.mit.edu in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/SERVICE'.
-
- However, we plan to continue to improve GNU Emacs and keep it
- reliable, so please send me any complaints and suggestions you have.
- I will probably fix anything that I consider a malfunction. I may
- make improvements that are suggested, but I may choose not to.
- Improving Emacs is not my highest priority now.
-
- If you are on the Internet, report bugs to
- bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; on UUCP, use the address
- ...!uunet!prep.ai.mit.edu!bug-gnu-emacs. Otherwise, phone or write the
- foundation at:
- Free Software Foundation
- 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
- Boston, MA 02111-1307
- Voice: +1-617-542-5942
- Fax: +1-617-542-2652
-
- General questions about the GNU Project can be asked of
- gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu.
-
- If you are a computer manufacturer, I encourage you to ship a copy of
- GNU Emacs with every computer you deliver. The same copying
- permission terms apply to computer manufacturers as to everyone else.
- You should consider making a donation to help support the GNU project;
- if you estimate what it would cost to distribute some commercial
- product and divide it by five, that is a good amount.
-
- If you like GNU Emacs, please express your satisfaction with a
- donation: send me or the Foundation what you feel Emacs has been worth
- to you. If you are glad that I developed GNU Emacs and distribute it
- as freeware, rather than following the obstructive and antisocial
- practices typical of software developers, reward me. If you would
- like the Foundation to develop more free software, contribute.
-
- Your donations will help to support the development of more useful
- software to be distributed on the same basis as GNU Emacs. Eventually
- we will have a complete imitation of the Unix operating system, called
- GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run Unix user programs. For more
- information on GNU, see the file `GNU' in this directory (see above).
-
- Richard M Stallman
- Chief GNUisance,
- President of the Free Software Foundation
-