Changeset 15538

Timestamp:

11/09/21 15:23:49 (15 months ago)

Author:

Mark Evenson

Message:

html: correct outdated links

Thanks to contrapunctus on #abcl IRC for the needling.

File:

• public_html/faq.shtml (modified) (7 diffs)

public_html/faq.shtml

@@ -87 +87 @@
   ABCL is distributed under
 the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
-License</a>
-with <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html">Classpath
-exception</a>. This is the same license as used for JAVA SE and GNU
-  Classpath.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  Basically this means you can use ABCL from your application without the
-  need to make your own application open source.
+License</a> with
+the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html">Classpath
+exception</a>.  
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  This allows the distribution of programs running on ABCL to specify
+their own licensing terms as long as ABCL itself is unmodified.  This
+means you can use ABCL from your application without the need to make
+your own application open source.
 </p>
 
@@ -131 +132 @@
 Alternatively, to report a bug, please mail a description of the
 problem, the version of ABCL you are using, and if possible a set of
-steps to reproduce the problem to the <a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.armedbear.devel">armedbear-devel
+steps to reproduce the problem to
+the <a href="https://mailman.common-lisp.net/pipermail/armedbear-devel/">armedbear-devel
 mailing list</a>.  We endeavor to respond within a day to messages.
 </p>
@@ -137 +139 @@
 <p>
 Developers can also usually be found on the 
-<a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=abcl&prompt=1&uio=d4">#abcl irc channel</a>.
+<a href="https://web.libera.chat/gamja#abcl">#abcl Libera IRC channel</a>.
 </p>
 
@@ -237 +239 @@
 
 <ol>
-  <li id="user-manual">Users of the system are invited to start with the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/abcl-dynamic-install/downloads/detail?name=abcl-20130607a.pdf">Armed Bear Common Lisp User Manual</a></li>
+  <li id="user-manual">Users of the system are invited to start with the <a href="https://abcl.org/releases/current/asdf.pdf">Armed Bear Common Lisp User Manual</a></li>
   <li>Our <a href="http://abcl.org/trac/wiki">wiki</a></li>
   <li>The <a href="http://abcl.org/trac/browser">source
@@ -261 +263 @@
 the <code>abcl.build.incremental</code> property.
 </p>
+
 </div>
 
@@ -274 +277 @@
 
 <p>
-  You need to increase the memory which the Java allocates for
+  One needs to increase the memory which the Java allocates for
   permanent generation ("PermGen)" objects by using the appropriate
   switch on command line which invokes the JVM hosting ABCL.  When the
@@ -280 +283 @@
   JVM class for each top-level form.  With large workloads, this can
   overrun the part of memory which Java reserves for storing the class
-  definition which results in the error you are seeing.
+  definition which results in the error you are seeing. 
 </p>