Frequently Asked Questions about Harbour
- 1. Legal Stuff
- 1.1. Copyright
- 1.2. Licence
- 1.3. Warranty
- 1.4. Trademarks
- 2. About Harbour
- 2.1. What is Harbour?
- 2.2. Why develop Harbour?
- 2.3. Who is developing Harbour?
- 2.4. Who owns Harbour?
- 2.5. So who do I blame when it all goes wrong?
- 2.6. How did Harbour get started?
- 2.7. What is "free software"?
- 2.8. So is Harbour in the public domain?
- 2.9. What is the GPL?
- 2.10. Why was the GPL chosen as the licence for Harbour?
- 2.11. What is the Harbour exception?
- 2.12. So why don't you use the LGPL?
- 2.13. Will my applications be affected by the GPL?
- 3. Helping develop Harbour
- 3.1. How do I get started?
- 3.2. What C compiler should I use?
- 3.3. What other tools do I need?
- 3.4. Where can I find the source?
- 3.5. What is CVS and how do I use it?
- 3.6. How do I build Harbour?
- 3.7. What needs working on?
- 3.8. Are there any development guidelines?
- 3.9. Is it ok to extend the language with some spiffy new feature?
- 3.10. So what's with all these language extensions then?
- 3.11. I can't code C, how can I help development?
- 3.12. I've got loads of Clipper code I can donate, what shall I do?
- 3.13. I can't submit Clipper code either, can I still help anyway?
- 4. The Harbour mailing lists
- 4.1. Is there a developer's mailing list?
- 4.2. Is there a user's mailing list?
- 4.3. Is there a general discussion mailing list?
- 4.4. How do I remove myself from the mailing lists?
- 4.5. Are there any rules on the lists?
- 4.6. Are the lists archived anywhere?
- 4.7. Are there any newsgroups for Harbour?
- 5. Installing Harbour
- 5.1. Where can I get pre-built binaries?
- 6. General Harbour questions
- 6.1. When will Harbour be finished?
- 6.2. Are applications <attribute> than CA-Clipper applications?
- 6.3. What advantages does Harbour have over other Clipper compilers?
- 6.4. What advantages do other Clipper compilers have over Harbour?
- 6.5. Will Harbour support existing CA-Clipper 3rd party products?
- 6.6. Is Harbour a Windows development tool?
- 6.7. What platforms are supported by Harbour?
- 7. Pointers and links
- 7.1. Harbour related links
- 7.2. Articles about Harbour
- 7.3. Free (in either sense of the word) development tool links
- 7.4. Clipper related links
- 7.5. Free software related links
- 7.6. Other handy links
- 8. Administrative information
- 8.1. Document URL.
- 8.2. Downloading this document.
- 8.3. Feedback about the FAQ.
- 8.4. Document history