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diff --git a/net/gopher/DESCR b/net/gopher/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7efb9158eb8 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/gopher/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The Internet Gopher is a distributed document delivery service. It +allows a neophyte user to access various types of data residing on +multiple hosts in a seamless fashion. This is accomplished by +presenting the user a hierarchical arrangement of documents and by +using a client-server communications model. The Internet Gopher +Server accepts simple queries, and responds by sending the client a +document. + +This is the Gopher+ distribution based on the University of +Minnesota's Internet Gopher+ distribution for UNIX machines. +University of Minnesota actively developed this software until 1995. +In 2000, they released it to the public under the GNU General Public +License. This represents the latest version of their tree, as adopted +by a group of programmers. A client for VMS is included but is not +currently supported. |