;FREEWARE, FREEWARE, The Master OpenVMS Freeware README File6 OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM ReadMe6 ------------------------------/Welcome to the HP OpenVMS Freeware V7.0 CD-ROM.EAll 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/HThis document contains a general introduction to the OpenVMS Freeware as9well as notes specific to the Freeware V7.0 distribution.1 General Introduction1 --------------------MThe OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM contains free software tools and utilities to aidMsoftware developers, partners and OpenVMS Hobbyists in creating applications,Mand in managing and using OpenVMS systems, as well as packages that can serve$as programming source code examples.LContained on this CD-ROM are of packages for OpenVMS VAX, OpenVMS Alpha, andEOpenVMS I64, divided into general categories including the following:K AFFINITY Interoperation with Microsoft Windows systems) BUILD_TOOLS Build tools0 WEB_TOOLS CGI and HTML tools9 GAMES Games (also see Motif Toys), GRAPHICS Graphics toolsI LANGUAGES Compilers, assemblers, and language-relatedG MISCELLANEOUS Or ask for the creation of a new categoryH MOTIF_TOYS X Windows, CDE, and Motif toys (see Games)B NETWORKING Networking and network-related tools= PROGRAMMING Source Code Examples, APIs, etcJ SYSTEM_MANAGEMENT Tools related to system management, securityA STORAGE_MANAGEMENT Tools related to storage managementL UTILITIES Random Utilities unrelated to other categoriesL FREEWARE Reserved for use by Freeware CD-ROM constructsJMany of these tools are popular packages already widely known and in use, Iwhile others are internally developed HP OpenVMS tools our engineers are Imaking available to you, our OpenVMS customers. For example, the OpenVMS GFreeware CD-ROM includes Bliss compilers for various OpenVMS platforms.4The 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 LicensingIThe OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM set is provided "AS IS" without warranty. HPLadds no Freeware-specific restrictions on the distribution or redistributionLof the contents of these disks, nor adds any specific restrictions onto the Mredistribution of any packages on it. Be aware, however, that various of the Kindividual packages on the CD-ROM may carry restrictions on their use or onJtheir redistribution, as imposed by the original author(s) or owner(s) of Gthe package(s). Therefore, you should carefully read the documentation 'accompanying any products of interest. KHP is providing this software free of charge and without warranty -- copiesJof packages (and various package updates that might become available) can Fusually 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 small5media replication, handling, and distribution charge.IIncluded in the [FREEWARE] directory on this CD are various GNU software licenses.FHP makes no claims concerning this software, and provides this CD-ROM Ddistribution 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 thatL 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 resetN 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 FreewareM set to be mounted at the same time -- this avoids the requirement to haveK multiple CD-ROM drives. This also unfortunately makes it somewhat more5 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 HoffmanKeeper of the FreewareHP OpenVMS EngineeringDecember, 2004