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Readme
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******
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The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical
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Objective C objects. For example, it includes classes for strings,
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object collections, byte streams, typed coders, invocations,
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notifications, notification dispatchers, moments in time, network ports,
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remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops.
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It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical
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portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library).
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Initial reading
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===============
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The file `NEWS' has the library's feature history.
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2001-02-22 05:56:33 +00:00
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The files `INSTALL' or `GNUstep-HOWTO' (from the web site) gives
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instructions for installing the library.
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Note that releases numbers that have an odd minor version (e.g.
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1.3.2) are unstable releases. They are not as well tested as stable
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releases (e.g. 1.4.1).
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2001-07-19 14:47:31 +00:00
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License
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=======
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2002-04-30 21:26:43 +00:00
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The GNUstep libraries are covered under the GNU Lesser Public
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License. This means you can use these libraries in any program (even
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non-free programs). If you distribute the libraries along with your
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program, you must make the improvements you have made to the libraries
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freely available. You should read the COPYING.LIB file for more
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information.
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GNUstep tools, test programs, and other files are covered under the
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GNU Public License. This means if you make changes to these programs,
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you cannot charge a fee, other than distribution fees, for others to
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use the program. You should read the COPYING file for more information.
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With GNUstep-Base, we strongly recommend the use of the ffcall
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libraries, which provides stack frame handling for NSInvocation and
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NSConnection. "Ffcall is under GNU GPL. As a special exception, if used
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in GNUstep or in derivate works of GNUstep, the included parts of ffcall
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are under GNU LGPL" (Text in quotes provided by the author of ffcall).
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1998-02-09 19:06:40 +00:00
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How can you help?
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=================
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1999-03-02 08:58:30 +00:00
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* Give us feedback! Tell us what you like; tell us what you think
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could be better. Send bug reports to <bug-gnustep@gnu.org>.
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1998-05-29 15:25:41 +00:00
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Happy hacking!
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