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1.1     ! root        1:          GNU Emacs availability information, 13 March 1988
        !             2:          Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988 Richard M. Stallman
        !             3: 
        !             4:    Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute
        !             5:    verbatim copies of this document provided that the
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        !             8:        The prices on the order form below EXPIRE in June 1989
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        !            10: GNU Emacs is legally owned by the Free Software Foundation, but we
        !            11: regard the foundation actually as its custodian on behalf of the
        !            12: public, since all software ought to be the common property of mankind.
        !            13: 
        !            14: The foundation permits everyone to have and run copies of GNU Emacs,
        !            15: at no charge, and to redistribute copies under certain conditions
        !            16: which are designed to make sure that that all modified versions of GNU
        !            17: Emacs remain as free as the versions we distribute.  These conditions
        !            18: are stated in the document "GNU Emacs General Public License", a copy
        !            19: of which is required to be distributed with every copy of GNU Emacs.
        !            20: It is usually in a file named COPYING in the same directory as this
        !            21: file.
        !            22: 
        !            23: If you do not know anyone to get a copy of GNU Emacs from, you can
        !            24: order a tape from the Free Software Foundation.  We distribute Emacs
        !            25: version 18 on 1600bpi industry standard mag tape in tar format.  We
        !            26: will also ship it on 1/4" Sun cartridge tapes in tar format and on 1600bpi
        !            27: magtape in VMS interchange format.  We also distribute nicely typeset
        !            28: copies of the Emacs manual.  See the order form at the end of this
        !            29: file.
        !            30: 
        !            31: If you have Internet access, you can copy the latest Emacs
        !            32: distribution from host prep.ai.mit.edu.  There are several ways to do
        !            33: this; see the file `FTP' in the same directory as this file for more
        !            34: information.  Even better, get the latest version of the file from
        !            35: `/u2/emacs/etc/FTP' on prep.ai.mit.edu for the most current
        !            36: arrangements.  It may also be possible to copy Emacs via uucp; the
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        !            39: Emacs has been run on both Berkeley Unix and System V Unix, on a
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        !            43: a full list of machines that GNU Emacs has been tested on, with
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        !            46: Note that there is significant variation between Unix systems
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        !            48: works in GNU Emacs for me does not work on your system due to such an
        !            49: incompatibility.  Since I must avoid reading Unix source code, I
        !            50: cannot even guess what such problems may exist.
        !            51: 
        !            52: GNU Emacs is distributed with no warranty (see the General Public
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        !            55: foundation keeps a list of people who are willing to offer support and
        !            56: assistance for hire.  It is usually in a file named SERVICE in the
        !            57: same directory as this file.
        !            58: 
        !            59: However, I plan to continue to improve GNU Emacs and keep it reliable,
        !            60: so please send me any complaints and suggestions you have.  I will
        !            61: probably fix anything that is clearly (to me) a malfunction.  I may
        !            62: make an improvement if I consider it worth the effort, but you should
        !            63: not be surprised if I don't think I can spare time for it.  I hope to
        !            64: keep Emacs stable now, and avoid putting much time into it, so I can
        !            65: work on other parts of the GNU system.
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        !            67: If you are on the Internet, report bugs to
        !            68: [email protected]; on Usenet, use the address
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        !            70: foundation at +1 617 876-3296, or write to the address listed below.
        !            71: 
        !            72: If you are a computer manufacturer, I encourage you to ship a copy of
        !            73: GNU Emacs with every computer you deliver.  The same copying
        !            74: permission terms apply to computer manufacturers as to everyone else.
        !            75: You should consider making a donation to help support the GNU project;
        !            76: if you estimate what it would cost to distribute some commercial
        !            77: product and divide it by five, that is a good amount.
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        !            79: If you like GNU Emacs, please express your satisfaction with a
        !            80: donation: send me or the Foundation what you feel Emacs has been worth
        !            81: to you.  If you are glad that I developed GNU Emacs and distribute it
        !            82: as freeware, rather than following the obstructive and antisocial
        !            83: practices typical of software developers, reward me for doing so!
        !            84: 
        !            85: Your donations will help to support the development of more useful
        !            86: software to be distributed on the same basis as GNU Emacs.  Eventually
        !            87: we will have a complete imitation of the Unix operating system, called
        !            88: GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run Unix user programs.  For more
        !            89: information on GNU, see the file GNU in this directory.
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        !            91: 
        !            92:                        Richard M Stallman
        !            93:                        Chief GNUisance,
        !            94:                        President of the Free Software Foundation
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        !           112:                * Hack (a rogue-like game)
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        !           131:                * the freed files from the 4.3BSD-Tahoe distribution
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        !           172: ________  $10   Bison Manual, ~70 pages, side stapled.
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        !           174: ________  $10   Gawk Manual, ~100 pages, side stapled.
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