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Jeff Teunissen <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: Also, LGPL v2.1 or later (for shared libraries)
Package: The Backbone Project
System name: backbone
Type: non-GNU

Description:
The Backbone Project is being created by a set of developers of GNUstep and 
GNUstep-based applications, to design and build a complete "desktop" system 
based on the GNUstep libraries and with an updated NeXTish look and feel. Among 
the goals are:

* Building a library or set of libraries to facilitate
  Objective-C/GNUstep-based applications acting as an integrated
  system
* Creating integrated services to assist users with making
  applications work together.
* Completing and using an integrated hypertext help system for all
  applications (this is mostly completed)
* Creating, completing and/or "filling out" a set of simple, easy,
  standard applications, among them a text editor
* Creating and/or adapting a Workspace application, which is something
  between a file manager and a graphical shell application.
* Creating a "session manager" a la gnome-session, to handle window
  manager and the Workspace application (for X11-based systems).
* Completing a Preferences application for setting options for the
  desktop and the underlying OS.
* Integrating a good multi-window Terminal application for
  command-line and Services use.

We intend to write a good deal of new code, but some of the basis for the 
project is located at:

Software originally written by one or more project members --

http://prefsapp.sf.net/
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/terminal/
http://www.roard.com/helpviewer/

Software to be gleaned from --

http://www.gnustep.it/
http://www.d2dc.net/~deek/TextEdit.tar.gz
http://www.gnustep.it/enrico/gworkspace/


Other Software Required:
GNUstep-make, GNUstep-base, GNUstep-gui, GNUstep-back

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