HyperNews Source

This page is the starting point for all issues of HyperNew source. There are several related forums that describe requirements for running HyperNews on your server, installation and configuration of various features. This page also addresses licensing restrictions for modification and redistribution, and references the source of HyperNews. The source itself is available only from this page, but you have to read to find it.

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Related Documentation and Forums

Licensing and Redistribution

All installations of HyperNews must include a reference to http://www.hypernews.org/ that is visible to all users of the system. Such reference may appear on the user instructions, the membership form, the login form, on every forum page, or in some other prominant place that users will see regularly and can find if they so desire. Modifications of the HyperNews source code must not remove the license and copyright notice and the notice of where to get our free distribution. We depend on this minimal form of free advertising to continue development of the system.

At this time, you are licensed to copy, install, and use this version of HyperNews with no financial obligation to HyperNews.org or NCSA. You may even charge for access to your HyperNews services. Also, no royalty is due in the following situations:

In all cases, if you distribute a copy of HyperNews, you must notify us or post a public announcement in an appropriate forum telling us the details of your distribution of HyperNews.

If you are interested in selling your version of HyperNews with proprietary modifications, then we ask for a royalty. Please ask us (liberte@hypernews.org) for details.

Installation Services

If you want to install HyperNews for others, feel free to advertise your service in the messages on this page. Similarly, if you need someone to install HyperNews for you, or to customize it, you can post requests here. For my HyperNews installation and customization service, please write to me (liberte@hypernews.org).

The Source Distribution

Before downloading the source, you should be aware of the compatibility requirements.

Please subscribe to the history forum so you will be notified when new releases occur. (Please do this especially if you install a beta version.)

The latest version, 1.10, is available here: hypernews.tar.gz. Previous versions are also available:

The HTML documents, including the installation and user instructions, are here: hndocs.tar.gz, but you can just read them online as well by visiting the various HyperNews forums.

If you are downloading to an MS Windows machine, be sure the ".gz" is preserved so WinZip knows what to do with the file. (HyperNews doesn't run on Windows, by the way.)

After downloading the source, you need to read and carefully follow the installation instructions. The online version might be more up-to-date.

If you find any bugs, please report them to an appropriate page based on what feature has the bug, if you can figure it out. For example, if bugs occur during installation, add to the installation page. Use the bugs page if nothing else fits. There is a HyperNews Test page to which you may add miscellaneous tests of our version for comparison.

If you improve the HyperNews code, by all means let us know so we can pass your changes on to others. It's better for you also if we incorporate your changes into the base distribution, so you don't have to redo your changes each time you install a new release.

We'd like to include a reference to your public forums from the HyperNews Home Page or one of its subforums. Referencing all known installations of HyperNews helps us show how HyperNews is being used elsewhere, which encourages more use, which encourages more development.

Daniel LaLiberte (liberte@hypernews.org)
Last modified: Fri Mar 19 23:28:17 EST 1999