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@chapter Readme
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@c set the vars GNUSTEP-BASE-VERSION and GCC-VERSION
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@include version.texi
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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), event loops, and
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random number generators.
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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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@section Initial reading
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The file @samp{NEWS} has the library's feature history.
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The files @samp{INSTALL} or @samp{GNUstep-HOWTO} (from the web site)
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gives instructions for installing the library.
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@section License
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The GNUstep libraries are covered under the GNU Lesser Public License.
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This means you can use these libraries in any program (even non-free
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programs). If you distribute the libraries along with your program,
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you must make the improvements you have made
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to the libraries freely available. You should read the COPYING.LIB file
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for more 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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@section How can you help?
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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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 @email{bug-gnustep@@gnu.org}.
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@end itemize
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@example
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Happy hacking!
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@end example
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