[☭脑瘫党群☭][19453] 突然想要把 vim 中的 uganda.txt 帖上来

From: DoDo
Date: 2010/12/16
Subject: [☭脑瘫党群☭][19453] 突然想要把 vim 中的 uganda.txt 帖上来
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这是 vim 自带的文档中的一页, 内容除了 vim 的 License 声明外, 就是关于 vim 身为 Charityware 的主旨, 关于 Uganda 儿童求助行为的介绍与宣传.

其实在 vim 的启动页面 (用空的 vim 命令启动 vim) 上就有这样的文字:

Help poor children in Uganda!

vim 本身是免费的自由的开源软件, 它自己则称自己为慈善软件. 我没有关注过 vim 的历史, 但是至少从我用 vim 以来, 就一直有注意到它的 "Help poor children in Uganda!" 的呼吁. vim 的作者是 Bram Moolenaar, 印象中看过一篇关于它的介绍, 他喜欢用 "会玩电烙铁的软件程序员" 来描述自己. 他有自己独立的工作, vim 完全是业余时间的私人项目, 当然也有全世界无数爱好者们共同的努力与贡献, 但是这些了不起的开发者的共同点是, 他们为 vim 进行的工作都是无偿的. 其实很多自由软件都是如此. 但是 vim 与大多数自由软件的区别在于, 它不仅仅作为一款自由的免费的软件发布, 不仅仅是由无偿的开发者们维护, 它还在尽一切努力为慈善事业进行募捐. vim.org 上有卖日历, 书籍, 注册为会员也是收费的, 同时还在尽可能的对相关的募捐行为进行介绍. 所有这些得来的资金都会投入到位于 Uganga 的 KCC (Kibaale Children's Centre) 组织的儿童求助行为中.

uganda.txt 中有关于 KCC 的介绍. 为了照顾像我这样的懒人, 我把其中的一些内容做个概括.

Kibaale 是 Uganda 的一个区域, 贫穷落后, 但是它闻名于世却是因为超高的 HIV 病毒携带率 (10~30%), 甚至有人妖魔化这里为世界 AIDS 的发源地. 不管怎样, 对于一个只有 35 万人口的区域而言, 有约 6 万失去了一位甚至两位 parents 的儿童, 这种情况确实太糟糕了. KCC 就是为了帮助这些可怜的儿童而成立并努力至今的, 他们为儿童们提供食物与医疗以确保他们健康地成长, 但更重要的, KCC 提供教育给儿童, 以便他们以后能够拥有自给自助的生活能力. KCC 是基督教义的组织, 但是他们为所有种族与信仰的儿童提供帮助.

后面还有关于捐助方法的介绍. 我个人并不想让这样一篇文章变成劝诱性质的材料, 所以我不进行摘录, 但内心受到触动的人不妨自己去看原文. 我介绍这些内容的动机是复杂的, 比如说想改善大家对自由软件的看法 (咱这里的人应该还好, 不会存在太大的偏见), 也想让人们去更多地关注这个世界上痛苦地挣扎的无辜的儿童, 也想让大家恢复一些对这个世界的信心.

自从不再写作文以后我就不喜欢在文章的最后加一段总结, 因为我觉得这种死板的看待事物的方式并不适合这个复杂的世界, 尽管我自己是有机械论倾向的. 总之我就不去深究我究竟是为什么而写这些文字了.

最后是原文 (其中有 vim 文档的格式控制字符, 有条件的不妨在 vim 中 :help uganda.txt 来查看)

*uganda.txt*    For Vim version 7.3.  Last change: 2010 Aug 07

 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar

*uganda* *Uganda* *copying* *copyright* *license*

SUMMARY

*iccf* *ICCF*

Vim is Charityware.  You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are

encouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda.  Please see |kcc|

below or visit the ICCF web site, available at these URLs:

http://iccf-holland.org/

http://www.vim.org/iccf/

http://www.iccf.nl/

You can also sponsor the development of Vim.  Vim sponsors can vote for

features.  See |sponsor|.  The money goes to Uganda anyway.

The Open Publication License applies to the Vim documentation, see

|manual-copyright|.

=== begin of license ===

VIM LICENSE

I)  There are no restrictions on distributing unmodified copies of Vim except

    that they must include this license text.  You can also distribute

    unmodified parts of Vim, likewise unrestricted except that they must

    include this license text.  You are also allowed to include executables

    that you made from the unmodified Vim sources, plus your own usage

    examples and Vim scripts.

II) It is allowed to distribute a modified (or extended) version of Vim,

    including executables and/or source code, when the following four

    conditions are met:

    1) This license text must be included unmodified.

    2) The modified Vim must be distributed in one of the following five ways:

       a) If you make changes to Vim yourself, you must clearly describe in

 the distribution how to contact you.  When the maintainer asks you

 (in any way) for a copy of the modified Vim you distributed, you

 must make your changes, including source code, available to the

 maintainer without fee.  The maintainer reserves the right to

 include your changes in the official version of Vim.  What the

 maintainer will do with your changes and under what license they

 will be distributed is negotiable.  If there has been no negotiation

 then this license, or a later version, also applies to your changes.

 The current maintainer is Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>.  If this

 changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most likely

 vim.sf.net, www.vim.org and/or comp.editors).  When it is completely

 impossible to contact the maintainer, the obligation to send him

 your changes ceases.  Once the maintainer has confirmed that he has

 received your changes they will not have to be sent again.

       b) If you have received a modified Vim that was distributed as

 mentioned under a) you are allowed to further distribute it

 unmodified, as mentioned at I).  If you make additional changes the

 text under a) applies to those changes.

       c) Provide all the changes, including source code, with every copy of

 the modified Vim you distribute.  This may be done in the form of a

 context diff.  You can choose what license to use for new code you

 add.  The changes and their license must not restrict others from

 making their own changes to the official version of Vim.

       d) When you have a modified Vim which includes changes as mentioned

 under c), you can distribute it without the source code for the

 changes if the following three conditions are met:

 - The license that applies to the changes permits you to distribute

   the changes to the Vim maintainer without fee or restriction, and

   permits the Vim maintainer to include the changes in the official

   version of Vim without fee or restriction.

 - You keep the changes for at least three years after last

   distributing the corresponding modified Vim.  When the maintainer

   or someone who you distributed the modified Vim to asks you (in

   any way) for the changes within this period, you must make them

   available to him.

 - You clearly describe in the distribution how to contact you.  This

   contact information must remain valid for at least three years

   after last distributing the corresponding modified Vim, or as long

   as possible.

       e) When the GNU General Public License (GPL) applies to the changes,

 you can distribute the modified Vim under the GNU GPL version 2 or

 any later version.

    3) A message must be added, at least in the output of the ":version"

       command and in the intro screen, such that the user of the modified Vim

       is able to see that it was modified.  When distributing as mentioned

       under 2)e) adding the message is only required for as far as this does

       not conflict with the license used for the changes.

    4) The contact information as required under 2)a) and 2)d) must not be

       removed or changed, except that the person himself can make

       corrections.

III) If you distribute a modified version of Vim, you are encouraged to use

     the Vim license for your changes and make them available to the

     maintainer, including the source code.  The preferred way to do this is

     by e-mail or by uploading the files to a server and e-mailing the URL.

     If the number of changes is small (e.g., a modified Makefile) e-mailing a

     context diff will do.  The e-mail address to be used is

     <maintainer@vim.org>

IV)  It is not allowed to remove this license from the distribution of the Vim

     sources, parts of it or from a modified version.  You may use this

     license for previous Vim releases instead of the license that they came

     with, at your option.

=== end of license ===

Note:

- If you are happy with Vim, please express that by reading the rest of this

  file and consider helping needy children in Uganda.

- If you want to support further Vim development consider becoming a

  |sponsor|.  The money goes to Uganda anyway.

- According to Richard Stallman the Vim license is GNU GPL compatible.

  A few minor changes have been made since he checked it, but that should not

  make a difference.

- If you link Vim with a library that goes under the GNU GPL, this limits

  further distribution to the GNU GPL.  Also when you didn't actually change

  anything in Vim.

- Once a change is included that goes under the GNU GPL, this forces all

  further changes to also be made under the GNU GPL or a compatible license.

- If you distribute a modified version of Vim, you can include your name and

  contact information with the "--with-modified-by" configure argument or the

  MODIFIED_BY define.

==============================================================================

Kibaale Children's Centre *kcc* *Kibaale*  *charity*

Kibaale Children's Centre (KCC) is located in Kibaale, a small town in the

south of Uganda, near Tanzania, in East Africa.  The area is known as Rakai

District.  The population is mostly farmers.  Although people are poor, there

is enough food.  But this district is suffering from AIDS more than any other

part of the world.  Some say that it started there.  Estimations are that 10

to 30% of the Ugandans are infected with HIV.  Because parents die, there are

many orphans.  In this district about 60,000 children have lost one or both

parents, out of a population of 350,000.  And this is still continuing.

The children need a lot of help.  The KCC is working hard to provide the needy

with food, medical care and education.  Food and medical care to keep them

healthy now, and education so that they can take care of themselves in the

future.  KCC works on a Christian base, but help is given to children of any

religion.

The key to solving the problems in this area is education.  This has been

neglected in the past years with president Idi Amin and the following civil

wars.  Now that the government is stable again, the children and parents have

to learn how to take care of themselves and how to avoid infections.  There is

also help for people who are ill and hungry, but the primary goal is to

prevent people from getting ill and to teach them how to grow healthy food.

Most of the orphans are living in an extended family.  An uncle or older

sister is taking care of them.  Because these families are big and the income

(if any) is low, a child is lucky if it gets healthy food.  Clothes, medical

care and schooling is beyond its reach.  To help these needy children, a

sponsorship program was put into place.  A child can be financially adopted.

For a few dollars a month KCC sees to it that the child gets indispensable

items, is healthy, goes to school and KCC takes care of anything else that

needs to be done for the child and the family that supports it.

Besides helping the child directly, the environment where the child grows up

needs to be improved.  KCC helps schools to improve their teaching methods.

There is a demonstration school at the centre and teacher trainings are given.

Health workers are being trained, hygiene education is carried out and

households are stimulated to build a proper latrine.  I helped setting up a

production site for cement slabs.  These are used to build a good latrine.

They are sold below cost price.

There is a small clinic at the project, which provides children and their

family with medical help.  When needed, transport to a hospital is offered.

Immunization programs are carried out and help is provided when an epidemic is

breaking out (measles and cholera have been a problem).

*donate*

Summer 1994 to summer 1995 I spent a whole year at the centre, working as a

volunteer.  I have helped to expand the centre and worked in the area of water

and sanitation.  I learned that the help that the KCC provides really helps.

When I came back to Holland, I wanted to continue supporting KCC.  To do this

I'm raising funds and organizing the sponsorship program.  Please consider one

of these possibilities:

1.  Sponsor a child in primary school: 17 euro a month (or more).

2.  Sponsor a child in secondary school: 25 euro a month (or more).

3.  Sponsor the clinic: Any amount a month or quarter

4.  A one-time donation

Compared with other organizations that do child sponsorship the amounts are

very low.  This is because the money goes directly to the centre.  Less than

5% is used for administration.  This is possible because this is a small

organization that works with volunteers.  If you would like to sponsor a

child, you should have the intention to do this for at least one year.

How do you know that the money will be spent right?  First of all you have my

personal guarantee as the author of Vim.  I trust the people that are working

at the centre, I know them personally.  Further more, the centre has been

co-sponsored and inspected by World Vision, Save the Children Fund and is now

under the supervision of Pacific Academy Outreach Society.  The centre is

visited about once a year to check the progress (at our own cost).  I have

visited the centre myself many times, starting in 1993.  The visit reports are

on the ICCF web site.

If you have any further questions, send me e-mail: <Bram@vim.org>.

The address of the centre is:

Kibaale Children's Centre

p.o. box 1658

Masaka, Uganda, East Africa

Sending money: *iccf-donations*

Check the ICCF web site for the latest information!  See |iccf| for the URL.

USA: The methods mentioned below can be used.

Sending a check to the Nehemiah Group Outreach Society (NGOS)

is no longer possible, unfortunately. We are looking for

another way to get you an IRS tax receipt. 

For sponsoring a child contact KCF in Canada (see below). US

checks can be sent to them to lower banking costs.

Canada: Contact Kibaale Children's Fund (KCF) in Surrey, Canada.  They

take care of the Canadian sponsors for the children in

Kibaale.  KCF forwards 100% of the money to the project in

Uganda.  You can send them a one time donation directly.

Please send me a note so that I know what has been donated

because of Vim.  Ask KCF for information about sponsorship.

Kibaale Children's Fund c/o Pacific Academy

10238-168 Street

Surrey, B.C. V4N 1Z4

Canada

Phone: 604-581-5353

If you make a donation to Kibaale Children's Fund (KCF) you

will receive a tax receipt which can be submitted with your

tax return.

Holland: Transfer to the account of "Stichting ICCF Holland" in Lisse.

This will allow for tax deduction if you live in Holland.

Postbank, nr. 4548774

Germany: It is possible to make donations that allow for a tax return.

Check the ICCF web site for the latest information:

http://iccf-holland.org/germany.html

World: Use a postal money order.  That should be possible from any

country, mostly from the post office.  Use this name (which is

in my passport): "Abraham Moolenaar".  Use Euro for the

currency if possible.

Europe: Use a bank transfer if possible.  Your bank should have a form

that you can use for this.  See "Others" below for the swift

code and IBAN number.

Any other method should work.  Ask for information about

sponsorship.

Credit Card: You can use PayPal to send money with a Credit card.  This is

the most widely used Internet based payment system.  It's

really simple to use.  Use this link to find more info:

   https://www.paypal.com/en_US/mrb/pal=XAC62PML3GF8Q

The e-mail address for sending the money to is:

   Bram@iccf-holland.org

For amounts above 400 Euro ($500) sending a check is

preferred.

Others: Transfer to one of these accounts if possible:

   Postbank, account 4548774

Swift code: INGB NL 2A

IBAN: NL47 PSTB 0004 5487 74

under the name "stichting ICCF Holland", Lisse

   If that doesn't work:

   Rabobank Lisse, account 3765.05.117

Swift code: RABO NL 2U

under the name "Bram Moolenaar", Lisse

Otherwise, send a check in euro or US dollars to the address

below.  Minimal amount: $70 (my bank does not accept smaller

amounts for foreign check, sorry)

Address to send checks to:

stichting ICCF Holland

Bram Moolenaar

Finsterruetihof 1

8134 Adliswil

Switzerland

This address is expected to be valid for a long time.

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