This area contains software from the Free Software Foundation. Included are Gnu Emacs, Gnu C, Gnu C++ and a variety of other items. The subdirectories [.VMS*...] contain Gnu C and Gnu C++ for VMS, plus the port of the LIBG++ runtime to VMS. These are a very high quality C and C++ compiler system for VMS. Most items' sources are in compressed TAR savesets with extensions like .TAZ or .TAR_Z or .TAR_LZW. All should be decompressed with COMPRESS (or lzdcmp in -b mode, as a less desirable option) and de-tarred with a tar reader. Several tar format readers for VMS are in the tools subdirectory of the index area. Some messages and files from the Gnu mailing lists are in ZOO archives here to save space. These are of interest also. Note that the VMS port of GAWK is in the [.gce90a...] tree on this set of tapes. The packing of the compressed savesets is done by the originators and has been simply left alone by the tape editors. Many of the VMS items are decompressed already. The VMS port of GCC was done by Angel Li (credit where credit is due). These files represent only FSF items which are new since the Fall 1989 tapes. Note: Also present are VMS ports of GCC, G++, LIBG++, and GAWK 2.11-1 in subdirectories [.vms*...]. The Gnu Emacs distribution will build correctly for VMS as is, using VAX11 C. Because of its size, it is not presented pre-built here. The [.translators] directory elsewhere on the tape also contains versions of f2c and p2c for VMS, allowing one to generate executables from sources in Fortran or Pascal as well as from C or C++, using free compilers. While there are license restrictions on use of LIBG++ in commercial software, note that InterViews has a c++ library that can be used instead. Interviews may be found on the X11 tapes or for ftp at interviews.stanford.edu on the Internet. Contributed by Glenn Everhart