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Subject: Re: GNU-WINDOWS (for MS-DOS)
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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 05:15:27 GMT

Neither rms or I have ever heard of GNU-WINDOWS (for MS-DOS).

Perhaps the author expected he would try to donate the software to
the GNU Project, but never did.

Note that many programmers use the GNU General Public License these
days, whose software does not end up as part of GNU.  Usually because
it's for a non-*nix operating system.  So use of the copyleft (or even
the word "GNU"), does not mean the software is part of the GNU
Project.

FSF, and GNUers in general, are happy to see the copyleft used this way,
though we ask that such authors make clear that the software is not
part of the GNU Operating System.

thanx -len

Member, League for Programming Freedom.  Ask: lpf@uunet.uu.net 

Re:

   Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 13:03:57 +0100
   From: vax839@tid.es (Juan Carlos Cuesta Cuesta)

     I'd thank you provide me with some information about a packet called 
   GNU-WINDOWS (for MS-DOS). It consists in:
	   - gnuwin.exe
	   - fileman.exe
	   - progman.exe
	   - *.bgi
	   - read.me

     I also include the read.me.  I'd want to know how it works and where to
   get it, I mean the whole packet (including LIBS and HEADERS FILES).

      Thanks in advance

	J. C. Cuesta
	vax839@tid.es

   =========================================================================

      Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1991 Windows/X project.  All rights reserved.
      Distributed by Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   ==========================================================================

   This file is part of GNU-windows.

   GNU-windows is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.  No author or distributor 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.  Refer
   to the GNU-windows General Public License for full details.

   Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify and redistribute
   GNU-windows, but only under the conditions described in the GNU-windows
   General Public License.  A copy of this license is supposed to have been
   given to you along with GNU-windows so you can know your rights and
   responsibilities.  It should be in a file named COPYING.  Among other
   things, the copyright notice and this notice must be preserved on all
   copies.

   ==========================================================================

   NOTES:
	   When GNU-windows starts it looks, and expects to find the standard
	   startup files. This includes both the MS-Windows style files,
	   along with its X counterparts.

	   No change is needed for the MS-Windows programs, which sould run
	   as normal under GNU-windows.

	   X-applications need to be compiled for the IBM achitecture using
	   a standard C compiler, such as g++, and must have the needed
	   changes (as stated in the XtoDOS.inf file) and must include the
	   GNUWIN.H header file.