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diff --git a/lynx_help/about_lynx.html b/lynx_help/about_lynx.html index 8063f90b..2bd2b778 100644 --- a/lynx_help/about_lynx.html +++ b/lynx_help/about_lynx.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $LynxId: about_lynx.html,v 1.19 2013/10/20 19:07:10 tom Exp $ --> +<!-- $LynxId: about_lynx.html,v 1.20 2014/01/06 22:47:21 tom Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html> @@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 25 March 2009), see www.w3.org"> - <title>About Lynx</title> + <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"> -</head> + <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> @@ -19,27 +22,27 @@ Archives</a> ]</p> </blockquote> - <h1><em>About Lynx</em></h1> + <h2>About Lynx</h2> - <p>Lynx is a fully-featured <em>World Wide Web</em> - (<em>WWW</em>) browser for users on Unix, VMS, and other + <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 Lynx 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> + <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><em>Credits and Copyright</em></h2> + <h2>Credits and Copyright</h2> - <p>Lynx was a product of the Distributed Computing Group within - Academic Computing Services of <a href= + <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>Lynx was originally developed by <a href= + <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= @@ -48,28 +51,30 @@ "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 Lynx 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 Lynx, and <em>Ravikumar Kolli</em> for DosLynx.</p> - - <p>Lynx is maintained and supported by members of the Internet - community coordinated via the <a href= + 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>Lynx 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>Lynx was built over an early version of the Common Code - Library developed by the CERN WWW Project. That code is - copyrighted by CERN. Lynx contains other sections of code that - are copyrighted by other institutions or individuals. The Lynx - copyright does not override or invalidate those copyrights.</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 @@ -79,33 +84,34 @@ 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 Lynx's development either directly (through - comments or bug reports) or indirectly (through inspiration and - development of other systems).</p> + 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 Lynx 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 Lynx - which did not use the WWW libraries and had their own hypertext - format.</p> + 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"><em>Availability</em></a></h2> + "availability">Availability</a></h2> - <p>Information on obtaining the most current version of Lynx is - available via the <a href="http://lynx.isc.org">Lynx - homepage</a>.</p> + <p>Information on obtaining the most current version of + <strong>Lynx</strong> is available via the <a href= + "http://lynx.isc.org">Lynx homepage</a>.</p> - <h2><a name="lynx-dev_list" id="lynx-dev_list"><em>Mailing - List</em></a></h2> + <h2><a name="lynx-dev_list" id="lynx-dev_list">Mailing + List</a></h2> - <p>We have a mailing list for lynx 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= + <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> |