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Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: MiscKit mailing list - community developed Kit!
Date: 9 Sep 1993 17:04:46 -0400
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Contact: Don Yacktman
(801) 221-0344
Don_Yacktman@byu.edu
9 Sep 1993, Provo, UT--Don Yacktman, author of the free
DAYMiscKit is now opening up the kit so that others may
contribute objects to this library of useful Objective
C classes.
As part of this change in policy, a new mail alias has
been set up. If you wish to be on this mailing list, send
mail to one of the following addresses, requesting that
you be added to the list and clearly stating the e-mail
address at which you wish to receive mail:
Don_Yacktman@byu.edu
misckit-request@byu.edu
If you have already sent mail to Don Yacktman about
this list, you should already be on it. (If you are
unsure, send another request to make sure you end up
on the list.) On Monday, an initial message will be
sent to all subscribers; if you do not get this message
then you know there was a problem, and should send a
query to one of the above addresses.
Beginning Monday, September 13, 1993, you will be able
to send messages to the mailing list using this address:
misckit@byu.edu
This mailing list will be used to discuss any important
details about the MiscKit, including:
* Finding a new prefix, since "DAY" is no longer truly
applicable. Several suggestions have already been
made; those on the list will get to vote on them, or
suggest some new ones.
* Finalizing the software license which will be used.
The current license allows free use of the software,
for any purpose, but attempts to keep free of the
restrictions which make GNU code undesireable for
use by many commercial programmers.
* Discussion of what new objects to add to the kit.
Several offers have already been made; no useful
object will be turned down.
* And, of course, anything else of interest will pop
up, including announcements of new releases, etc.
Although this list is intended for use by those wishing
to contribute to the MiscKit, anyone is welcome to join
the list. Suggestions and bug reports sent in by users
of the kit will always be welcome.
The DAYMiscKit was originally created to house useful
objects that would tend to be included in just about
any project one might put together. Rather than include
all the files in each project, a library was created.
The library was made public as a way to help prevent
people from having to duplicate this effort. A special
non-GNU freeware license was applied to allow commercial
programmers to use the kit without fear of legal
difficulties. The kit has now been opened up for
public submissions because of a high level of interest
amongst readers of comp.sys.next.programmer, many of
whom have expressed interest in contributing to the kit.
The current code in the kit has been written by Don
Yacktman, Carl Lindberg, and Scott Anguish. It includes
objects to handle strings, time, log files, and lock files.
If you have any questions or desire further information,
contact Don Yacktman at Don_Yacktman@byu.edu.
Don Yacktman is a freelance NeXT programmer and graduate student of
electrical and computer engineering at Brigham Young University.
He maintains the ftp.byu.edu ftp server, amongst other things. You
might find it worth while poking through some of his projects in
progress, the latest versions of which are always available in
the pub/next directory.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.