Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 Tama Communications Corporation

 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, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
 implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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GNU GLOBAL is a source code tag system that works the same way across diverse
environments. It supports C, C++, Yacc, Java, PHP4 and assembly source code.

* BOKINware

    GNU GLOBAL is BOKINware. It means that it is free software based on
    GNU GPL, and is commercial (for-profit) software based on BOKIN model.

    BOKIN Model is a business model to obtain proceeds by widely collecting
    donations while developing and distributing free software. This model is
    constructed not to take away consumer's freedom of software, and is similar
    to the model of FSF except that FSF is not commercial organization.

    Your contribution is put on donors list in DONORS file, and distributed
    all over the world with GNU GLOBAL itself.
    Please see the files: DONORS, BOKIN_MODEL and BOKIN_MODEL_FAQ for more details.

* Supported OS

    GNU system - Debian, Fedora, Suse, etc.
    BSD system - FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, MacOSX, etc.
    Besides, various POSIX compatible systems.

    [Note]  Though GNU GLOBAL supports only UNIX(POSIX) environment,
        some outsite projects develop DOS or Windows 32 version of it.
        Please see:
            http://www.gnu.org/software/global/download.html

* How to install

    Please see 'INSTALL'.

* Documentation

    Please see 'doc/global.texi'(texinfo format) to know how to use GLOBAL.
    You can see it even on GLOBAL's web site:
        http://www.gnu.org/software/global/globaldoc_toc.html
        http://www.gnu.org/software/global/manual/

    The descriptions about new facilities are added to 'NEWS'.  At least,
    you should read '[INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES]' for each version.

* License

    You may redistribute copies of GNU GLOBAL under the terms of
    the GNU General Public License.  For more information about
    these matters, see the files named 'LICENSE' and 'COPYING'.

* Latest information

    You can see the latest information on GLOBAL's web site.

    http://www.gnu.org/software/global/whatsnew.html

* Mailing list

    If you think you have found a bug or a suggestion for improvements
    in GLOBAL or you need help about GLOBAL, then some mailing lists are
    available. Please see GLOBAL's WWW.

    http://www.gnu.org/software/global/maillist.html

Enjoy!