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1.1     ! root        1:        GNU Emacs availability information, 22 Nov 1985
        !             2:             Copyright (C) 1985 Richard M. Stallman
        !             3: 
        !             4:    Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute
        !             5:    verbatim copies of this document provided that the
        !             6:    copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved.
        !             7: 
        !             8: GNU Emacs is legally owned by me, Richard Stallman, its author,
        !             9: but I regard myself actually as its custodian on behalf of the
        !            10: public, since all software ought to be the common property of
        !            11: mankind.
        !            12: 
        !            13: I permit everyone to have and run copies of GNU Emacs, at no
        !            14: charge, and to redistribute copies under certain conditions which
        !            15: are designed to make sure that that all modified versions of GNU
        !            16: Emacs remain as free as the versions I distribute.  These
        !            17: conditions are stated in the document "GNU Emacs General Public
        !            18: License", a copy of which is required to be distributed with
        !            19: every copy of GNU Emacs.  It is usually in a file named COPYING
        !            20: in the same directory as this file.
        !            21: 
        !            22: If you do not know anyone to get a copy of GNU Emacs from, you
        !            23: can order a tape from the Free Software Foundation.  We distribute
        !            24: Emacs in tar format on 1600bpi industry standard mag tapes.  We
        !            25: also distributed nicely typeset copies of the Emacs manual.
        !            26: See the order form at the end of this file.
        !            27: 
        !            28: If you have Internet access, you can copy the latest Emacs
        !            29: distribution from host PREP.AI.MIT.ARPA.  There are several ways to do
        !            30: this; see the file `/u2/emacs/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE' for info on
        !            31: current arrangements.
        !            32: 
        !            33: See the file MACHINES in this directory for a list of machines
        !            34: that GNU Emacs has been tested on.  Emacs has been run on both
        !            35: Berkeley Unix and System V Unix, on a variety of types of cpu.
        !            36: 
        !            37: Note that there is significant variation between Unix systems
        !            38: supposedly running the same version of Unix; it is possible that
        !            39: what works in GNU Emacs for me does not work on your system due
        !            40: to such an incompatibility.  Since I must avoid reading Unix
        !            41: source code, I cannot even guess what such problems may exist.
        !            42: 
        !            43: GNU Emacs is distributed with no warranty (see the General Public
        !            44: License for full details), and neither I nor the Free Software
        !            45: Foundation promises any kind of support or assistance to users.
        !            46: The foundation keeps a list of people who are willing to offer
        !            47: support and assistance for hire.  We will list anyone who pays a
        !            48: $50 listing fee.
        !            49: 
        !            50: However, I plan to continue to improve GNU Emacs and keep it
        !            51: reliable, so please send me any complaints and suggestions you
        !            52: have.  I will probably fix anything that is clearly (to me) a
        !            53: malfunction.  I may make an improvement if I consider it worth
        !            54: the effort, but you should not be surprised if I don't think I
        !            55: can spare time for it.  I hope to keep Emacs stable now, and
        !            56: avoid putting much time into it, so I can work on other parts of
        !            57: the GNU system.
        !            58: 
        !            59: If you are on the Internet, report bugs to
        !            60: [email protected]; on Usenet, use the address
        !            61: ...!ucbvax!bug-gnu-emacs%prep.ai.mit.edu.  Otherwise, phone the
        !            62: foundation at (617) 876-3296, or write to the address listed
        !            63: below.
        !            64: 
        !            65: If you are a computer manufacturer, I encourage you to ship a
        !            66: copy of GNU Emacs with every computer you deliver.  The same
        !            67: copying permission terms apply to computer manufacturers as to
        !            68: everyone else.
        !            69: 
        !            70: If you like GNU Emacs, please express your satisfaction with a
        !            71: donation: send me or the Foundation what you feel Emacs has been
        !            72: worth to you.  If you are glad that I developed GNU Emacs and
        !            73: distribute it as freeware, rather than following the obstructive
        !            74: and antisocial practices typical of software developers, reward
        !            75: me for doing so!
        !            76: 
        !            77: Your donations will help to support the development of more
        !            78: useful software to be distributed on the same basis as GNU Emacs.
        !            79: Eventually we will have a complete imitation of the Unix
        !            80: operating system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run
        !            81: Unix user programs.  For more information on GNU, see the file
        !            82: GNU in this directory.
        !            83: 
        !            84: 
        !            85:                        Richard M Stallman
        !            86:                        Chief GNUisance,
        !            87:                        President of the Free Software Foundation
        !            88: 
        !            89: 
        !            90:                Free Software Foundation Order Form
        !            91:                          March 26, 1986
        !            92: 
        !            93: All software and publications are distributed with permission to
        !            94: copy and redistribute.
        !            95: 
        !            96: Quantity  Price  Item
        !            97: 
        !            98: ________  $150 GNU Emacs source code, on a 1600bpi industry standard
        !            99:                mag tape in tar format.  The tape also contains
        !           100:                MIT Scheme (a dialect of Lisp), hack (a rogue-like game)
        !           101:                and bison (a compatible replacement for yacc).
        !           102: 
        !           103: ________  $15  GNU Emacs manual.  This includes a reference card.
        !           104:                These manuals are phototypeset and offset printed.
        !           105:                We may have both plastic ring binding and standard
        !           106:                paperback book binding.
        !           107: 
        !           108:                Do you have a preference? _________________________
        !           109: 
        !           110:                If that's out of stock, do you want to wait? ______
        !           111: 
        !           112:                There may be a choice of two cover designs: the
        !           113:                "strong" cover (warning: material may be offensive
        !           114:                to the guilty consciences of software "owners") and
        !           115:                the "innocuous" cover.
        !           116: 
        !           117:                Do you have a preference? _________________________
        !           118: 
        !           119:                If that's out of stock, do you want to wait? ______
        !           120: 
        !           121: Thus, a tape and one manual come to $165.
        !           122: 
        !           123: ________  $60  Box of six GNU Emacs manuals, shipped book rate.
        !           124: 
        !           125: ________  $1   GNU Emacs reference card. Or:
        !           126: 
        !           127: ________  $5    Packet of ten GNU Emacs reference cards.
        !           128: 
        !           129: 
        !           130: Shipping outside North America is normally by surface mail.  For air
        !           131: mail delivery, please add $15 per tape or manual, $1 for an individual
        !           132: reference card, or 50 cents per card in quantity ten or more.
        !           133: 
        !           134: Prices are subject to change without notice.  Massachusetts residents
        !           135: please add 5% sales tax to all prices.
        !           136: 
        !           137: 
        !           138: ________   Total paid
        !           139: 
        !           140: Orders are filled upon receipt of check or money order.  We do not have
        !           141: the staff to handle the billing of unpaid orders.  Please help keep
        !           142: our lives simple by including your payment with your order.
        !           143: 
        !           144: Make checks payable to Free Software Foundation.  Mail orders to:
        !           145: 
        !           146:    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        !           147:    1000 Mass Ave
        !           148:    Cambridge, MA 02138
        !           149: 
        !           150: All software from the Free Software Foundation is provided on an "as
        !           151: is" basis, with no warranty of any kind.

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