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___________________________________
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| |___| | | | | _| | | | GNU GLOBAL source code tag system
| | | | | | | | | |
| ~~ | ~~| | ~ | | | ~~| for all hackers.
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Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 Tama Communications Corporation
This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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GNU GLOBAL is a source code tag system that works the same way across diverse
environments. It supports C, C++, Yacc, Java, PHP4 and assembly source code.
* BOKINware
GNU GLOBAL is BOKINware. It means that it is free software based on
GNU GPL, and is commercial (for-profit) software based on BOKIN model.
BOKIN Model is a business model to obtain proceeds by widely collecting
donations while developing and distributing free software. This model is
constructed not to take away consumer's freedom of software, and is similar
to the model of FSF except that FSF is not commercial organization.
Your contribution is put on donors list in DONORS file, and distributed
all over the world with GNU GLOBAL itself.
Please see the files: DONORS, BOKIN_MODEL and BOKIN_MODEL_FAQ for more details.
* Supported OS
GNU system - Debian, Fedora, Suse, etc.
BSD system - FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, MacOSX, etc.
Besides, various POSIX compatible systems.
[Note] Though GNU GLOBAL supports only UNIX(POSIX) environment,
some outsite projects develop DOS or Windows 32 version of it.
Please see:
http://www.gnu.org/software/global/download.html
* How to install
Please see 'INSTALL'.
* Documentation
Please see 'doc/global.texi'(texinfo format) to know how to use GLOBAL.
You can see it even on GLOBAL's web site:
http://www.gnu.org/software/global/globaldoc_toc.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/global/manual/
The descriptions about new facilities are added to 'NEWS'. At least,
you should read '[INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES]' for each version.
* License
You may redistribute copies of GNU GLOBAL under the terms of
the GNU General Public License. For more information about
these matters, see the files named 'LICENSE' and 'COPYING'.
* Latest information
You can see the latest information on GLOBAL's web site.
http://www.gnu.org/software/global/whatsnew.html
* Mailing list
If you think you have found a bug or a suggestion for improvements
in GLOBAL or you need help about GLOBAL, then some mailing lists are
available. Please see GLOBAL's WWW.
http://www.gnu.org/software/global/maillist.html
Enjoy!