This means that published works of famous authors as August Strindberg and Selma Lagerlof are in the public domain. Similar laws exist in other countries within the Berne Union. The project is not restricted to literature, but pictures, maps, laws, and printed music might also be published. The project has no immediate need for equipment, software, or money, but these kinds of contributions are graciously accepted by Lysator, the students' computer club. Comments and suggestions are of course also welcome.
Gopher is a distributed, menu-oriented database that today spans the entire Internet.
Gopher software is developed at the University of Minnesota.