6                         OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM Readme6                         ------------------------------  B Welcome to Compaq Computer Corporation's OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM!!  I All the software included on this CD-ROM is also available at the OpenVMS 	 web site:   !    http://www.openvms.compaq.com/   G This document contains a general introduction to the OpenVMS Freeware,  3 as well as notes specific to the V5.0 distribution.   1                              General Introduction 1                              --------------------   M The OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM contains free software tools and utilities to aid K software developers in creating applications and managing and using OpenVMS K systems.  Contained on this CD-ROM are dozens of packages for VAX and Alpha  Systems in such categories as:  K          AFFINITY             Interoperation with Microsoft Windows systems )          BUILD_TOOLS          Build tools 0          WEB_TOOLS            CGI and HTML tools9          GAMES                Games (also see Motif Toys) ,          GRAPHICS             Graphics toolsI          LANGUAGES            Compilers, assemblers, and language-related 7          MISCELLANEOUS        Or ask for a new category <          MOTIF_TOYS           X Windows, CDE, and Motif toysB          NETWORKING           Networking and network-related tools=          PROGRAMMING          Source Code Examples, APIs, etc J          SYSTEM_MANAGEMENT    Tools related to system management, securityA          STORAGE_MANAGEMENT   Tools related to storage management N          UTILITIES            Random Utilities not related to other categories  J Many of these tools are popular packages already widely known and in use, K while others are internally developed Compaq tools our engineers are making L available to our OpenVMS customers. For example, the OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROML includes Bliss-32 for OpenVMS VAX, Bliss-32 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Bliss-64  for OpenVMS Alpha.  4 The Freeware CD-ROM includes the following features:  5 	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.   8 	o  Contains binaries, source code (except for the Bliss)            compilers), and documentation.   3 	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   N The OpenVMS Freeware for VAX and Alpha Systems CD-ROM set is provided "AS IS" K without warranty.  Compaq imposes no restrictions on its distribution, nor  I on the redistribution of anything on it. Be aware, however, that some of  M the packages on the CD-ROM may carry restrictions on their use imposed by the H original authors. Therefore, you should carefully read the documentation accompanying the products.  I Compaq Computer Corporation is providing this software free of charge and M without warranty. Included in the [FREEWARE] directory on this CD are the GNU M software licenses. Unless otherwise stated in sources or source packages, the 4 GNU licenses cover all software supplied on this CD.  K Compaq makes no claims about the quality of this software.  It is provided  " to the customer as a free service.  J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~E Remember, the packages contained herein are supplied AS IS.  They are , without any warranty, expressed or implied!!J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    8                      General Freeware V5.0 release notes8                      -----------------------------------  L   o Please take the time to review the information in the [21264] directory.K     Evaluate the packages using that information -- there are OpenVMS Alpha M     executable images present on the Freeware CD-ROM set that are flagged by       SRM_CHECK.  M   o There were several problems building the second volume of the CD-ROM set, M     so you will see changes to the first lines of various FREEWARE_README.TXT M     files.  Several categories were also added after the submission deadline. M     A future Freeware distribution may add additional categories.  Apologies  7     for these changes, and for the last-minute changes.   K   o Several submissions were unpacked only with difficulty, due to problems L     with ZIP incompatibilities.  Various file attributes were reset to matchH     OpenVMS expectations, but there may well be additional files that doJ     not have the expected file attributes.  One tool that may be useful is2     [000TOOLS]RESET_BACKUP_SAVESET_ATTRIBUTES.COM.  M   o The menu system is deliberately not requiring all CD-ROMs in the Freeware M     set to be mounted at the same time -- this avoids the requirement to have K     multiple CD-ROM drives.  This also unfortunately makes it somewhat more 5     difficult to rummage around on the various disks.   8   o Please take the time to examine the following files:         [000000]AAAREADME.V58       [000000]OPENVMS_FREQUENTLY_ASKED_QUESTIONS_FAQ.TXT%       [000000]00FREEWARE_ABSTRACT.TXT   2    These files are the same on all Freeware disks.  