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diff --git a/lynx_help/about_lynx.html b/lynx_help/about_lynx.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3896fdc --- /dev/null +++ b/lynx_help/about_lynx.html @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +<!-- $LynxId: about_lynx.html,v 1.23 2018/07/08 15:22:44 tom Exp $ --> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> + +<html> +<head> + <meta name="generator" content= + "HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 25 March 2009), see www.w3.org"> + + <title>About Lynx – Who, What, and When – Where it is + now</title> + <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org"> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= + "text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <meta name="description" content= + " Give a little history of Lynx, by whom and where it was originally developed, and add some of its current contact information."> + </head> + +<body> + <blockquote> + <p>[ <a href="lynx-dev.html">About Lynx-Dev</a> | <a href= + "http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev/">Lynx-Dev + Archives</a> ]</p> + </blockquote> + + <h2>About Lynx</h2> + + <p><strong>Lynx</strong> is a fully-featured <em>World Wide + Web</em> (<em>WWW</em>) browser for users on Unix, VMS, and other + platforms running cursor-addressable, character-cell terminals or + emulators. That includes vt100 terminals, other character-cell + displays, and vt100 emulators such as Kermit or Procomm running + on PCs or Macs.</p> + + <p>For information on how to use <strong>Lynx</strong> see the + <a href="Lynx_users_guide.html">Lynx User's Guide</a>, or the + <a href="lynx_help_main.html">Lynx help files</a>.</p> + + <h2>Credits and Copyright</h2> + + <p><strong>Lynx</strong> was a product of the Distributed + Computing Group within Academic Computing Services of <a href= + "http://web.archive.org/web/19971210163627/http://www.cc.ukans.edu/"> + The University of Kansas</a>.</p> + + <p><strong>Lynx</strong> was originally developed by <a href= + "http://web.archive.org/web/20040309105337/http://www.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/people/Lou.Montulli.html"> + Lou Montulli</a>, <a href= + "http://condor.cc.ku.edu/~grobe/">Michael Grobe</a>, and <a href= + "http://web.archive.org/web/20040412210202/http://www.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/people/Charles.Rezac.html"> + Charles Rezac</a>. <a href= + "http://web.archive.org/web/20040412210651/http://www.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/people/Garrett/Garrett_Arch_Blythe.html"> + Garrett Blythe</a> created <a href= + "http://web.archive.org/web/20040812204015/http://www.cc.ukans.edu/about_doslynx/doslynx.html"> + DosLynx</a> and later joined the <strong>Lynx</strong> effort as + well. Following the departures of Lou and Garrett for positions + at Netscape in the summer of 1994, <em>Craig Lavender</em> + provided support services for <strong>Lynx</strong>, and + <em>Ravikumar Kolli</em> for DosLynx.</p> + + <p><strong>Lynx</strong> is maintained and supported by members + of the Internet community coordinated via the <a href= + "#lynx-dev_list"><em>lynx-dev mailing list</em></a>.</p> + + <p><strong>Lynx</strong> is derived from material copyrighted by + the University of Kansas. However most of the release (and + corresponding copyright) is the work of developers on the + <a href="#lynx-dev_list"><em>lynx-dev mailing list</em></a>. It + is distributed <a href="COPYHEADER">without restrictions on usage + or redistribution</a> under the <a href="COPYING">GNU General + Public License (Version 2)</a>.</p> + + <p><strong>Lynx</strong> was built over an early version of the + Common Code Library developed by the CERN WWW Project. That code + is copyrighted by CERN. <strong>Lynx</strong> contains other + sections of code that are copyrighted by other institutions or + individuals. The <strong>Lynx</strong> copyright does not + override or invalidate those copyrights.</p> + + <p>Thanks to <a name="note13" href= + "http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/" id="note13">Tim + Berners-Lee</a> and the other <a name="note14" href= + "http://www.w3.org/People.html" id="note14">CERN World Wide Web + wizards</a> for the WWW client library code and all of their + other work on the WWW project, NCSA and the <a href= + "http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html"> + Mosaic</a> developers, and to everyone out in netland who has + contributed to <strong>Lynx</strong>'s development either + directly (through comments or bug reports) or indirectly (through + inspiration and development of other systems).</p> + + <p>Also, special thanks go to <em>Foteos Macrides</em> who ported + much of <strong>Lynx</strong> to VMS and did much of its + development following Lou Montulli's and Garrett Blythe's + departures from the University of Kansas, and to <em>Earl + Fogel</em> of the University of Saskatchewan. Earl implemented + the hypertext engine HYPERREZ in the Unix environment. HYPERREZ + was developed by Niel Larson of Think.com and served as the model + for the early versions of <strong>Lynx</strong> which did not use + the WWW libraries and had their own hypertext format.</p> + + <h2><a name="availability" id= + "availability">Availability</a></h2> + + <p>Information on obtaining the most current version of + <strong>Lynx</strong> is available via the <a href= + "https://lynx.invisible-island.net">Lynx homepage</a>.</p> + + <h2><a name="lynx-dev_list" id="lynx-dev_list">Mailing + List</a></h2> + + <p>We have a mailing list for <strong>Lynx</strong> development + discussion. If you are interested in joining the list, follow + this <a href="lynx-dev.html">link</a>. There also are links to + <a href= + "http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev/">archives</a> in + html format for this mailing list.</p> +</body> +</html> |