20: What informational files are available for Emacs?
This isn't a frequently asked question, but it should be! A variety of
informational files about Emacs and relevant aspects of the GNU project
are available for you to read.
The following files are available in the "etc" directory of the Emacs
distribution (see question 4 if you're not sure where that is).
COPYING -- Emacs General Public License
DISTRIB -- Emacs Availability Information, including the popular
"Free Software Foundation Order Form"
FAQ -- Emacs Frequently Asked Questions (You're reading it)
FTP -- How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP
GNU -- The GNU Manifesto
INTERVIEW -- Richard Stallman discusses his public-domain
UNIX-compatible software system with BYTE editors
LPF -- Why you should join the League for Programming Freedom
MACHINES -- Status of Emacs on Various Machines and Systems
MAILINGLISTS -- GNU Project Electronic Mailing Lists
NEWS -- Emacs news, a history of user-visible changes
SERVICE -- GNU Service Directory
SUN-SUPPORT -- including "Using Emacstool with GNU Emacs"
Latest versions of the above files also available at
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/
These additional files are available from the FSF via e-mail:
* GNU's Bulletin, June 1994
GNU's Who
Administrivia and Copyright
What Is the FSF?
What Is Copyleft?
What Is GNU?
What Is the Hurd?
Free Software Redistributors Donate
Help from Free Software Companies
Free Software Support
What Is the LPF?
GNU and Other Free Software in Japan
Announcing the Dictionary Project
GNUs Flashes
Forthcoming GNUs
Freely Available Texts
GNU Documentation
GNU Software
Program/Package Cross Reference
Tapes
CD-ROMs
MS-DOS Diskettes
Tape & CD-ROM Subscription Service
The Deluxe Distribution
How to Get GNU Software
Other GPLed Software
Free Software for Microcomputers
FSF T-shirt
Project GNU Wish List
Thank GNUs
Donations Translate Into Free Software
Cygnus Matches Donations!
Free Software Foundation Order Form
Address Page
* Legal issues about contributing code to GNU
* GNU Project Status Report
A collection of past GNU's Bulletins (as well as other GNU-related
information) is available at
http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu/gnu.html