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+(This file is public domain.)
+
This directory contains Web2c, a system which converts TeX, Metafont,
and other related WEB programs to C. By itself, it is not a complete,
-ready-to-run, TeX distribution (I recommend teTeX for that, available on
-CTAN:/systems/tetex). Nor is it a general-purpose Pascal-to-C or
-WEB-to-C translator.
+ready-to-run, TeX distribution, nor is it a general-purpose Pascal-to-C
+or WEB-to-C translator.
-Web2c is electronically distributed in two files: the web files, in
-web.tar.gz, and the Web2c-specific files, in web2c.tar.gz. If you
-already have the web files for a particular Knuthian version, you need
-not re-retrieve them. Web2c changes irregularly wrt Knuth's updates.
+Web2c no longer exists as a separate distribution. It is maintained as
+part of TeX Live (http://tug.org/texlive).
See `NEWS' for changes by release, `ChangeLog` for all changes.
See `INSTALL' for installation instructions.
See `PROJECTS' for future improvements you might like to work on.
See `../kpathsea/BUGS' for details on reporting bugs.
-If present, see etexdir/README, omegadir/README, and pdftexdir/README
-for details on building those packages.
-
-Web2c is free software. The files I wrote (originally for the Free
-Software Foundation) are covered by the GNU General Public License --
-see the file COPYING. Knuth's original sources are covered by their
-own copyright -- see the beginning of tex.web, mf.web, etc. You can get
-the original files on their own from CTAN:/systems/knuth; you can get
-MetaPost from ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/research/metapost.tar.Z
-(see also http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/MetaPost.html).
-
-kb@mail.tug.org
-Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net.
+If present, see *dir/README for more details on those packages.
-olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl
+Web2c is free software.