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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
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Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) not be used in advertising or publicity
pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written
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M.I.T. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL
M.I.T. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
SOFTWARE.

This is the initial public distribution of the OLC On-Line Consulting System.

The file olc_doc.tar.Z contains a compressed tar file which contains the
documetation for building and installing OLC, as well as the papers that
have been presented about it at conferences.

The file olc_dist.tar.Z is a compressed tar file which contains the source code
for the OLC daemons, clients, and related programs.  Instructions for
building the sources and installing the programs can be found in the file
doc/install.{tex,PS}.  A set of sample configuration files is also included
in this tar file, in the "samples" directory; instructions for how to modify
them to suit your needs can be found in the "install" document.

'olc-users@ATHENA.MIT.EDU' is a mailing list set up for discussing issues
relating to OLC, as well as the place where new releases of the OLC software
will announced.  Additionally, the mailing list 'olc-users@ATHENA.MIT.EDU' may be
able to provide a reference to consulting expertise in the areas of:


  - Setting up an on-line consulting organization;
  - Installing OLC in your environment;
  - Maintaining OLC in your environment;
  - OLC training and documentation;
  - Stock answer development and other on-line consulting tools;
  - Modifying and augmenting OLC for your environment;
  - and other similar development and organizational issues.

Any such referral is not an endorsement by M.I.T of the services
provided by such an organization.  M.I.T makes no representations with
regard to the suitability or quality of services provided by the
referred firms.  The reference is made without express or implied
warranty.

If you would like to subscribe to it, send a request to 
`olc-request@ATHENA.MIT.EDU`.

If you find bugs, please mail them to `olc-bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU`.

Lucien Van Elsen
MIT Project Athena
18 April 1991