; FREEWARE, FREEWARE, The Master OpenVMS Freeware README File   6                         OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM ReadMe6                         ------------------------------  / Welcome to the HP OpenVMS Freeware V7.0 CD-ROM.   E All the software included on this CD-ROM is also available for (free) ! download at the OpenVMS web site:   )    http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/freeware/   H This document contains a general introduction to the OpenVMS Freeware as9 well as notes specific to the Freeware V7.0 distribution.   1                              General Introduction 1                              --------------------   M The OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM contains free software tools and utilities to aid M software developers, partners and OpenVMS Hobbyists in creating applications, M and in managing and using OpenVMS systems, as well as packages that can serve $ as programming source code examples.  L Contained on this CD-ROM are of packages for OpenVMS VAX, OpenVMS Alpha, andE OpenVMS I64, divided into general categories including the following:   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 G          MISCELLANEOUS        Or ask for the creation of a new category H          MOTIF_TOYS           X Windows, CDE, and Motif toys (see Games)B          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 L          UTILITIES            Random Utilities unrelated to other categoriesL          FREEWARE             Reserved for use by Freeware CD-ROM constructs  J Many of these tools are popular packages already widely known and in use, I while others are internally developed HP OpenVMS tools our engineers are  I making available to you, our OpenVMS customers. For example, the OpenVMS  G Freeware CD-ROM includes Bliss compilers for various OpenVMS platforms.   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 specific other HP-provided packages),            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   I The OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM set is provided "AS IS" without warranty.  HP L adds no Freeware-specific restrictions on the distribution or redistributionL of the contents of these disks, nor adds any specific restrictions onto the M redistribution of any packages on it. Be aware, however, that various of the  K individual packages on the CD-ROM may carry restrictions on their use or on J their redistribution, as imposed by the original author(s) or owner(s) of G the package(s). Therefore, you should carefully read the documentation  ' accompanying any products of interest.    K HP is providing this software free of charge and without warranty -- copies J of packages (and various package updates that might become available) can F usually be downloaded from http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/freeware, and I (additional) copies of this CD-ROM set can be ordered from HP for a small 5 media replication, handling, and distribution charge.   I Included in the [FREEWARE] directory on this CD are various GNU software  	 licenses.   F HP makes no claims concerning this software, and provides this CD-ROM D distribution to the OpenVMS community and to HP customers as a free  service.    L   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  D          Remember, all packages contained herein are supplied AS IS.  E          All packages are without any warranty, expressed or implied.   H       HP has performed no verification, no code reviews, and no testing.  I      You are solely responsible for support, debug, test and remediation.   L   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      8                      General Freeware V7.0 release notes8                      -----------------------------------  J   o There were the usual problems building the distributions due to errorsK     found in various FREEWARE_README.TXT files, and due to submissions that L     were missing the (required) FREEWARE_README.TXT file.  The Keeper of the8     OpenVMS Freeware (KoF) apologizes for these changes.  J   o The menu system is (still) (over)due to be replaced -- probably with aF     Lynx-based system of HTML files, or otherwise -- while the current?     menu environment is not expected to operate on OpenVMS I64.   N   o Several BACKUP saveset submissions were unpacked only with difficulty, dueO     to problems with the ZIP archive files.  Various file attributes were reset N     to match OpenVMS expectations, but there may well be additional files thatN     do not have the expected file attributes.  One tool that may be useful for7     this [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.   H   o Please take the time to examine the following files and directories:         [000000]AAAREADME.* 8       [000000]OPENVMS_FREQUENTLY_ASKED_QUESTIONS_FAQ.TXT%       [000000]00FREEWARE_ABSTRACT.TXT        [000TOOLS]*.*        [FREEWARE]*.*        [VMSFAQ]*.*   <     These files are replicated on all Freeware CD-ROM disks.  K   o Current copies of the OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document      are available at:   '       http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/faq/     L   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
 Thank you,   Stephen Hoffman  Keeper of the Freeware HP OpenVMS Engineering December, 2004