org-mode/README

-*- mode: org; fill-column:70 -*-

This is a distribution of Org, a plain text notes and project planning
tool for Emacs.

Check the Org Mode website at https://orgmode.org and the installation
instructions at https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation.

* Contents of this distribution

- README :: This file.

- COPYING :: The GNU General Public License.

- Makefile :: The makefile to compile and install Org.  See the
  installation instructions https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation
  or this more detailed procedure on Worg:
  https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-build-system.html.
  
- mk/ :: Files needed for building Org.

- lisp/ :: Directory with all the Emacs Lisp files that make up Org.

- doc/ :: The documentation files.  org.texi is the source of the
  documentation, org.html and org.pdf are formatted versions of it.

- etc/ :: Files needed for the ODT exporter.

- testing/ :: Testing suite for Org.

- request-assign-future.txt :: The form that contributors have to sign
  and get processed with the FSF before contributed changes can be
  integrated into the Org core.  All files in this distribution have
  copyright assigned to the FSF.

* Join the GNU Project

Org is part of GNU Emacs and GNU Emacs is part of the GNU Operating
System, developed by the GNU Project.

If you are the author of an awesome program and want to join us in
writing Free (libre) Software, please consider making it an official
GNU program and become a GNU Maintainer.  Instructions on how to do
this are here http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation

Don't have a program to contribute?  Look at all the other ways to
help: https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html

And to learn more about Free (libre) Software in general, please read
and share this page: https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

* License

Org-mode is published under the GNU GPLv3 license or any later
version, the same as GNU Emacs:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Org-mode is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.

GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with Org mode.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.