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This package was debianized by Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org> on
Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:05:45 -0600.

The original source archive is emacs-24.4.tar.gz, and it
can be found here for stable releases:

  ftp://ftp.gnu.org:/gnu/emacs/

and here for alpha pre-releases:

  ftp://alpha.gnu.org:/gnu/emacs/pretest/

Please see /usr/share/doc/emacs24-common/README.Debian.gz for a
description of the Debian specific differences from the upstream
version.

As mentioned there, some files (including some of the Emacs
documentation) have been removed from this package because their
licenses do not appear to satisfy the requirements of the Debian Free
Software Guidelines (DFSG).  See http://www.debian.org/social_contract.

In particular, some of the info pages are covered under the GNU Free
Documentation License (GFDL), which Debian has decided does not
satisfy the DFSG in cases where "Invariant Sections" are specified
(this includes front and back cover texts).  See this Debian General
Resolution on the topic: http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001.

Some other files have been removed because their license only allows
verbatim copying, or because there was some other question.

Copyright:

  Emacs itself is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
  License (GPL), Version 3.  See the file
  /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3 for more information.

  doc/man/b2m.1, doc/man/ebrowse.1, doc/man/grep-changelog.1, and
  doc/man/rcs-checkin.1 are licensed as follows:

    Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

    Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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    the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of
    a permission notice identical to this one.

    Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
    document into another language, under the above conditions for
    modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated
    in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.

  doc/man/emacs.1 is licensed as follows:

    Copyright (C) 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
      2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

    Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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    Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
    document into another language, under the above conditions for
    modified versions, except that this permission notice may be
    stated in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.

  doc/man/etags.1 is licensed as follows:

    Copyright (C) 1992, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
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    Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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    Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of
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    Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
    document into another language, under the above conditions for
    modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated
    in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.

  etc/publicsuffix.txt is licensed as follows:

    The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
    1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
    the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
    http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/

    Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
    WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
    for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
    License.

  doc/misc/efaq.texi is licensed as follows:

    This list of frequently asked questions about GNU Emacs with answers
    (``FAQ'') may be translated into other languages, transformed into other
    formats (e.g., Texinfo, Info, WWW, WAIS), and updated with new information.

    The same conditions apply to any derivative of the FAQ as apply to the FAQ
    itself.  Every copy of the FAQ must include this notice or an approved
    translation, information on who is currently maintaining the FAQ and how to
    contact them (including their e-mail address), and information on where the
    latest version of the FAQ is archived (including FTP information).

    The FAQ may be copied and redistributed under these conditions, except that
    the FAQ may not be embedded in a larger literary work unless that work
    itself allows free copying and redistribution.

    [This version has been heavily edited since it was included in the Emacs
    distribution.]

  doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi is licensed as follows:

    This list of frequently asked questions about GNU Emacs on MS Windows
    with answers (``FAQ'') may be translated into other languages,
    transformed into other formats (e.g. Texinfo, Info, WWW), and updated
    with new information.

    The same conditions apply to any derivative of the FAQ as apply to the FAQ
    itself.  Every copy of the FAQ must include this notice or an approved
    translation, information on who is currently maintaining the FAQ and how to
    contact them (including their e-mail address), and information on where the
    latest version of the FAQ is archived (including FTP information).

    The FAQ may be copied and redistributed under these conditions, except that
    the FAQ may not be embedded in a larger literary work unless that work
    itself allows free copying and redistribution.

  lisp/obsolete/meese.el is licensed as follows:

    This is in the public domain on account of being distributed since
    1985 or 1986 without a copyright notice.

  msdos/sedadmin.inp is licensed as follows:

    This file is part of GNU Emacs.

    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; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  nt/inc/dirent.h is licensed as follows:

    The code here is forced by the interface, and is not subject to
    copyright, constituting the only possible expression of the
    algorithm in this format.

  All of the files in m4/ except gnulib-comp.m4 are licensed as
  follows:

    This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
    gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
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