[Fwd: NTS alpha-test launch : please circulate to your members]

[Fwd: NTS alpha-test launch : please circulate to your members]

[Hans Hagen]

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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: NTS alpha-test launch : please circulate to your members
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:58:37 +0100
>From: CHAA006@alpha1.rhbnc.ac.uk
>Reply-To: P.Taylor@alpha1.rhbnc.ac.uk
>To: TEX-GROUPS@ifi.uio.no
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>
>Dear Colleagues -- I would be most grateful if you could
>circulate the following announcement of the launch of the
>NTS alpha-test programme to the members of whichever group(s)
>you represent.
>
>Philip Taylor,
>Technical Director, NTS Project
>--------
>Dear Colleagues --
>
>You may be aware that for some years a development programme
>called "NTS" (for "New Typesetting System") has been carried out,
>sponsored initially entirely by DANTE e.V. and more recently
>by private individuals and other user groups including GUTenberg.
>
>The project is basically a re-engineering, from scratch, of
>the TeX typesetting system using an object-oriented approach
>and implemented using Sun's JAVA 2.  The goals of the project
>are (1) to produce an exact re-implementation of TeX using
>modern programming theory and methods, and (2) to accomplish
>this in such a way that the resulting system is easily extensible
>to accommodate alternative typesetting algorithms and paradigms.
>
>After two years of hard work by our dedicated programmer Karel Skoupy,
>NTS has reached the stage at which we would like to solicit informed
>comment and criticism from members of NTS-L and other interested
>parties.
>In particular, although not yet quite complete [1], NTS is now entering
>alpha test.
>
>If you receive this message as a member of a TeX user group, and
>not as a member of NTS-L, I strongly recommend that before
>volunteering to participate in the alpha-test programme, you
>first subscribe to the NTS-L list [2] and read copies of the
>recent correspondence : this will clarify (for example)
>the preferred directory structure and the minimal level of
>JAVA which is required for successful compilation.
>
>If you are interested in becoming an alpha tester, and are
>willing to comply with the few conditions outlined below [3],
>please reply to this message via e-mail or via the link
>on the NTS web page (http://nts.tug.org/); I will then
>allocate you a username and p@ssw@rd [4], and you will
>be granted access to the current NTS sources and support files.
>
>I hope to hear from some of you soon!
>
>Philip Taylor,
>Technical Director, NTS Project,
>for and on behalf of the NTS Team.
>--------
>[1] Major omissions from current release :
>
>        o current-language support;
>        o hyphenation;
>        o alignments;
>        o file searching.
>
>[2] To subscribe to NTS-L, send a one-line message to :
>
>        Listserv@Urz.Uni-Heidelberg.De
>
>    containing (in the body, not the subject)
>
>        Subscribe NTS-L <given name> <surname>
>
>[3] "Access to the NTS alpha-test code is restricted to named
>     individuals who have read and accepted these terms and
>     conditions.  Please indicate by return of e-mail whether
>     you are willing to abide by these, in which case a username
>     and p@ssw@rd [3] for your individual use will be allocated.
>
>     (a) Access to the NTS alpha-test source code is granted
>     solely for the purposes of evaluation; no warranty,
>     either expressed or implied, is given concerning the
>     reliability of this code, and use of this code is
>     entirely at the risk of the alpha tester.  In particular,
>     the NTS group will accept no liability for any damage
>     caused to any system on which the NTS code is compiled
>     or run, no matter whether such damage is caused by
>     the NTS code itself or by user error.
>
>     (b) Access to the NTS alpha-test source code is granted
>     on a strict non-disclosure basis.  Re-distribution
>     or publication of the code, in whole or in part,
>     is explicitly prohibited.
>
>     (c) Access to the NTS alpha-test source code is granted
>     in order to obtain user feedback on its design,
>     performance, robustness and implementation.  It is
>     a condition of access that a report on one or more
>     of these elements be submitted electronically to
>
>        NTS-L@Urz.Uni-Heidelberg.De
>
>     Such a report should normally be made within six weeks
>     of down-loading the code, and in all circumstances within
>     three months.
>    "
>
>[4] The string "p@ssw@rd" is used here and in subsequent messages
>    to prevent packet sniffers from detecting material of potential
>    interest.  Please do not use the unencrypted form in any reply.
>
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