X-Git-Url: http://sjero.net/git/?p=wget;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=7e74454747c34502d85fdc5311f5e37b89ea1189;hp=7b9764ea8aab60b066f6ac4d951f713d22f0987c;hb=aec2fac89b051dbde2a2dbd2414d73fcce508ea9;hpb=9780735b577461c89af5cd5cf15656ad69b5e4ca diff --git a/README b/README index 7b9764ea..7e744547 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -*- text -*- GNU Wget ======== - (Temporary) Web home: http://wget.sunsite.dk/ + Current Web home: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ GNU Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as @@ -36,40 +36,38 @@ options, or via initialization file .wgetrc. Wget allows you to install a global startup file (/usr/local/etc/wgetrc by default) for site settings. -Wget works under almost all modern Unix variants and, unlike many of -its predecessors, is written entirely in C, thus requiring no -additional software (like perl). As Wget uses the GNU Autoconf, it is -easily built on and ported to other Unix's. Installation procedure is -described in the INSTALL file. +Wget works under almost all Unix variants in use today and, unlike +many of its historical predecessors, is written entirely in C, thus +requiring no additional software, such as Perl. The external software +it does work with, such as OpenSSL, is optional. As Wget uses the GNU +Autoconf, it is easily built on and ported to new Unix-like systems. +The installation procedure is described in the INSTALL file. -Like all GNU utilities, the latest version of Wget can be found at the -master GNU archive site ftp.gnu.org, and its mirrors. For example, -Wget 1.8 is available at: - - ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/wget/wget-1.8.tar.gz +As with other GNU software, the latest version of Wget can be found at +the master GNU archive site ftp.gnu.org, and its mirrors. Wget +resides at . Please report bugs in Wget to . -Wget has a mailing list at . To subscribe, mail to -. Wget's home page is temporarily at -. It is being migrated to -, where will be its permanent home. +See the file `MAILING-LIST' for information about Wget mailing lists. +Wget's home page is at . +If you would like to contribute code for Wget, please read +http://wget.addictivecode.org/PatchGuidelines. -MAINTAINERS: Hrvoje Niksic - Dan Harkless +MAINTAINER: Micah Cowan -Wget was originally written by Hrvoje Niksic. Please see the file -AUTHORS for a list of major contributors, and the ChangeLogs for a -detailed listing of all contributions. +Wget was originally written and mainained by Hrvoje Niksic. Please see +the file AUTHORS for a list of major contributors, and the ChangeLogs +for a detailed listing of all contributions. -Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software -Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 +2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, @@ -79,4 +77,16 @@ GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software -Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. +Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 +USA. + +Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7 + +If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or +combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a +modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the +terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the Free Software Foundation +grants you additional permission to convey the resulting work. +Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination +shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well +as that of the covered work.