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- How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP. Last updated 11 June 95.
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- * Please send improvements to this file to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu.
-
- * 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.
-
- * Updates
-
- If you find this file in the Emacs distribution, there is a chance it
- is out of date. If you plan to FTP files from a GNU FTP host, you
- might as well start by FTPing the current version of this file, which
- is `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'.
-
- * How to FTP
-
- Use the ftp program on your system (ask locally if you can't find it)
- to connect to the host you are ftping from. Unless indicated
- otherwise, login in as user "anonymous", with password: "your e-mail
- address" and set "binary" mode (to transfer all eight bits in each
- byte).
-
- * FTPing GNU Software
-
- GNU software is available on prep.ai.mit.edu under directory
- /pub/gnu. diff files to convert between versions (like those used for
- GNU Emacs), exist for some of these programs. Some programs have misc
- support files as well. Have a look on prep to see which ones.
- Compressed versions of the tar or diff files are often available
- (indicated by a .gz suffix and made with the `gzip' program). Some of
- this software is in beta test (probably still buggy), and is being
- made available for use by hackers who like to test software.
-
- The file /pub/gnu/DESCRIPTIONS has a list of the packages distributed
- on prep.ai.mit.edu with a brief description explaining what
- each one can be used for.
-
- More information about these programs can typically be found in the
- GNU Bulletin. To receive a copy, write to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu.
-
- ** Alternative Internet FTP Sources
-
- Please do NOT use a site outside your country, until you have checked
- all sites inside your country, and then your continent. Trans-ocean
- TCP/IP links are very expensive and usually very low speed.
-
- The administrators of louie.udel.edu maintains copies of GNU Emacs.
- The files are available via anonymous ftp under directory ~ftp/gnu.
-
- Emacs and other GNU programs may be available via anonymous ftp from
- these US sites: ftp.kpc.com/pub/mirror/gnu (Silicon Valley, CA)
- ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/gnu, f.ms.uky.edu/pub3/gnu,
- ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 164.109.10.23, nightly full
- mirror, ran by mcguire@digex.net), wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu,
- uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/gnu (Internet address 128.174.5.14, nightly
- full mirror, ran by ftpadmin@uiuc.edu),
- ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep, jaguar.utah.edu/gnustuff,
- gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU, labrea.stanford.edu,
- archive.cis.ohio-state.edu, and ftp.uu.net/archive/systems/gnu.
-
- And these foreign sites: ftp.cs.ubc.ca/mirror2/gnu (Western Canada,
- daily full mirror, ran by ftp-admin@cs.ubc.ca),
- ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu (Chile 146.83.198.3 nightly full mirror, ran
- by ftp@inf.utfsm.cl), ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu (Brazil manual mirror,
- ran by oliva@dcc.unicamp.br), archie.au/gnu (Australia ran by
- gnu@archie.au (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet)),
- ftp.technion.ac.il/pub/unsupported/gnu (Israel, daily full mirror, ran
- by ftp-admin), ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/gnu (South Africa),
- ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/gnu (Spain), ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu
- (130.88.203.12 daily full mirror, ran by root@ftp.mcc.ac.uk),
- unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/uunet/systems/gnu, ftp.warwick.ac.uk
- (137.205.192.14 daily full mirror, ran by unixhelp@warwick.ac.uk),
- ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de, ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Germany,
- ran by sunsite@sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de), germany.eu.net
- (Germany, ran by archive-admin@germany.eu.net), isy.liu.se (Sweden,
- ran by ftpadm@isy.liu.se), ftp.stacken.kth.se or
- ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu (Sweden), ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu (Sweden
- 130.238.127.3 daily mirror, ran by archive@ftp.sunet.se (also mirrors
- the Mailing List Archives) ftp.nl.net (Netherlands),
- ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu (Netherlands 131.155.70.100 daily mirror, ran
- by ftp@win.tue.nl), ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu (Finland 128.214.6.100, ran
- by gnu-adm), ftp.denet.dk (Denmark), ugle.unit.no (Norway
- 129.241.1.97), ftp.eunet.ch or nic.switch.ch/mirror/gnu (Switzerland),
- irisa.irisa.fr/pub/gnu or ftp.univ-lyon1.fr:pub/gnu (ran by
- ftpmaint@ftp.univ-lyon1.fr) (France), ftp.ieunet.ie:pub/gnu (Ireland
- 192.111.39.1 weekly mirror, ran by archive@ieunet.ie), archive.eu.net
- (Europe 192.16.202.1), cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu (Korea
- 143.248.11.171, ran by ftpkeeper@cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr),
- ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu (Thailand 192.150.251.32 daily
- mirror, ran by ftp@nwg.nectec.or.th),
- tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep (Japan - ran by
- ftp-admin@tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp) or ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp (Japan, ran by
- ftp-admin@cs.titech.ac.jp - nemacs, the japanese port of GNU Emacs, is
- under ~ftp/JAPAN).
-
- * Getting GNU software in Great Britain
-
- jpo@cs.nott.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has
- available. The smaller items are available from the info-server (send
- to info-server@cs.nott.ac.uk) the larger items by negotiation. Due to
- communication costs this service is only available within the UK.
-
- BattenIG@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk (aka
- I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk) is also willing to distribute those GNU
- sources he has. He can also write tapes in qic-21 and qic-24 formats.
-
- lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has
- along with comp.sources.unix, comp.sources.x, X windows et al. The
- archive, on src.doc.ic.ac.uk in directory /gnu, is available via ftp
- over the Internet (on 146.169.3.7), ftam over IXI, HTTP, FSP, Gopher,
- ftpmail, NFS, Lanmanger over IP, telnet, and uucp. Due to
- communication costs this service is only available within the UK.
- Mail to info-server@doc.ic.ac.uk for details. He can also write sun
- cartridge or exabyte tapes.
-
- UK sites with just anonymous FTP access are in the above list.
-
- * Getting GNU software via UUCP
-
- OSU is distributing via UUCP: most GNU software, MIT C Scheme,
- Compress, News, RN, NNTP, Patch, some Appletalk stuff, some of the
- Internet Requests For Comment (RFC) et al.. See their periodic
- postings on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sources.d for informational
- updates. Current details from <staff@cis.ohio-state.edu> or
- <...!osu-cis!staff>.
-
- Information on how to uucp some GNU programs is available via
- electronic mail from: uunet!hutch!barber, hqda-ai!merlin, acornrc!bob,
- hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny, ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan,
- bigtex!james (aka james@bigtex.cactus.org), oli-stl!root,
- src@contrib.de (Germany), toku@dit.co.jp (Japan) and info@ftp.uu.net.
-
- * 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. For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us
- at the above address.
-
- Ordering a distribution tape from the Foundation is often a good
- way to bring your company or university to make a donation.
-