OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM Readme Welcome to Digital Equipment Corporation's OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM!! All the software included on this CD-ROM is also available at the OpenVMS web site located at http://www.openvms.digital.com The OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM contains free software tools and utilities to aid software developers in creating applications and managing and using OpenVMS systems. Contained on this CD-ROM are dozens of packages for VAX and Alpha Systems in such categories as: Games Graphics Languages Miscellaneous Motif toys Software System Management Tools Utilities Many of these tools are popular packages already widely known and in use, while others are internally developed Digital tools our engineers are making available to our OpenVMS customers. For example, the OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM includes Bliss-32 for OpenVMS VAX, Bliss-32 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Bliss-64 for OpenVMS Alpha. The Freeware CD-ROM includes the following features: o Includes an easy-to-use 4GL-based menu system for examining the contents of the CD-ROM. o Is in Files-11 format to make it readable on OpenVMS systems. o Contains binaries, source code (except for the Bliss compilers), and documentation. o Represents some of the most popular, most often requested free packages, plus new items never before made public. Disclaimer on Testing, Quality, and Licensing The OpenVMS Freeware for VAX and Alpha Systems CD-ROM is provided "AS IS" without warranty. Digital imposes no restrictions on its distribution, nor on the redistribution of anything on it. Be aware, however, that some of the packages on the CD-ROM may carry restrictions on their use imposed by the original authors. Therefore, you should carefully read the documentation accompanying the products. Digital Equipment Corporation is providing this software free of charge and without warranty. Included in the [FREEWARE] directory on this CD are the GNU software licenses. Unless otherwise stated in sources or source packages, the GNU licenses cover all software supplied on this CD. Digital makes no claims about the quality of this software. It is provided to the customer as a free service. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember, the packages contained herein are supplied AS IS. They are without any warranty, expressed or implied!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~