VMS NEWS Release 6.0 12 October 1990 Author : Geoff Huston Address : Computer Services Centre Australian National University G.P.O. Box 4, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601 AUSTRALIA +61 6 249 3385 INTERNET: gih900@sao.aarnet.edu.au VAX_PSI: PSI%50526244003215::gih900 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NEWS, Copyright (c) Geoff Huston, 1987,1988,1989,1990 | | | | License is granted to run this software on one condition: | | | | The Licensee registers with the copyright holder the details of the | | systems which are running NEWS. In doing so I will also endeavour to notify| | you of new versions and bug fixes. It is a condition of the license that | | the following letter is mailed to: | | | | Geoff Huston | | Computer Services Centre | | Australian National University | | GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601 | | AUSTRALIA | | | | or the letter may be e-mailed to: | | INTERNET: gih900@sao.aarnet.edu.au | | | | NO CHARGE is made for this license. | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+| | |======== VMS News - Release V6.0 =========================================|| | | || | | || | | Please license the following system for the NEWS Software: || | | || | | ORGANISATION: _______________________________________________ || | | || | | ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________ || | | || | | ____________________________________________________ || | | || | | ____________________________________________________ || | | || | | ____________________________________________________ || | | || | | CONTACT: ____________________________________________________ || | | || | | E-MAIL: ____________________________________________________ || | | || | | ____________________________________________________ || | | || | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+| | | | Permission is given to make and distribute copies of this software provided | | 1: the author headers in all the source files are preserved | | 2: that any further distribution of this software is free (except for a | | nominal shipping change which may be applied). | | 3: This file is included in all distributed copies of NEWS. | | | | Permission is given to modify the sources in any way, provided: | | 1: the author headers are preserved on the source files | | 2: the source files contain a header stating who changed the source | | and the date of the change | | | | NOTE : This software is distributed free of any license charges on the | | understanding that no warranty is implied with this software, nor is any | | liability incurred by the owner of the original copyright nor by any | | person who has modified the file(s), nor any by person who permits a copy| | of the software to be made | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ NEWS The files in this save set build the complete news system on VMS. This is NOT set up as a VMS INSTALLable product. The software is distributed in the source, object and executable formats. It will require the installation of a number of logical names and site specific configuration files, and a number of DCL procedures to be defined at each site. For a list of files in the distribution, and the installation procedure please read the installation instructions contained in the file NEWS.DOC. NOTE: the executables in this release were linked under VMS V5.3. If you are running VMS V4.x then you will need to re-LINK the object files. This is described in the documentation files. SUPPORT and BUGS These is a newsgroup devoted to ANU NEWS - news.software.anu-news. Use this newsgroup to describe any problems / solutions / comments you may have regarding NEWS so that all users of the package can see and comment. I'm sure that many bugs remain :-( - single-handed debugging cannot locate all possible errors in the short time I've been running this version. If you encounter problems, your options are to: - mail me a description of the problem - I'll attempt an answer if I can reproduce the problem here. My e-mail addresses are given above. - better still, run a debug version of the program, and mail me a more precise description of where the code is falling over. - better still, fix the bug, and mail me the details of the code change, so that it can be included in the distribution set. Also, if you make any useful modifications to the sources which you consider would be generally useful, please send me the changes and I will include them on the distribution set