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https://github.com/cynthia/WorldWideWeb

Last publicly available revision of the world's first web browser. This is a source import from 0.15 for NextStep. Originally written by @timbl.
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Last publicly available revision of the world's first web browser. This is a source import from 0.15 for NextStep. Originally written by @timbl.

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WorldWideWeb

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This is the first web browser, originally written by Tim Berners-Lee.

For further details, refer to this [wikipedia article](https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/WorldWideWeb.html)

or the [original website](https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/WorldWideWeb.html)



The original source was obtained from [this site](http://browsers.evolt.org/browsers/archive/worldwideweb/NeXT).



Notes

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I have no idea how to make this compile or run. This repository was created

as a means of archiving a piece of history. The original software was written

on a NextStep computer, using NextStep specific APIs. (And no, they are not

compatible with Cocoa. I checked.)



It may be possible to build and run this on a NextStep emulator such as

[Previous](http://previous.alternative-system.com), but I don't know if anyone

has tried and succeeded.



If you ever do get this to run, please let me know!



Original Readme

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    IMPORTANT: Get and read the files COPYRIGHT and CERN before downloading 

    other files.

 

    This directory contains binaries for the NeXTSTEP Web browser

    application.

    ________________________________________________________________________



    	THE EDITOR



    WorldWideWeb_0.16.tar.Z is the only wysiwyg hypertext editor for the

    NeXT.  It has limitations and bugs -- it can't access Gopher, FTP sites,

    etc.  But it is a hypertext editor!



    Note this app is compiled for NextStep 3.0 and won't work with 2.1.

    There is no way round this; don't ask!  (The Project file is

    converted by the ProjectBuilder to a version 3 project file

    when you first compile for version 3.  The version 3 project

    file won't work with 2.0 (Interface builder and project builder

    shared a file and an app in 2.x), and so there is no going back!

    The 3.x app won't work under 2.x as it needs 3.x shared libaries.)



    	THE BROWSER



    The file labelled 1.0 is a pre-alpha browser which uses the libwww

    library, so you can get multimedia files etc etc.  Does doc

    format conversion, etc.  



    THE EDITOR DOES NOT WORK.  NOT SUPPORTED....

    It can't edit -- try and it will destroy your files!

    Only for the curious.  This DOES handle Gopher, FTP, etc.



    Sorry they have the same icon now ... can be very confusing

    if you use both.



    timbl

    ________________________________________________________________________



      [Also, note that the WorldWideWeb_2.01* and WWW.app_2.02* files untar

      into an application called Nexus.app, rather than WorldWideWeb.app .

      ---Jay Sekora , August 1995]



Original License

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    Copyright 1995 by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), CERN



    This W3C software is being provided by the copyright holders under the

    following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software,

    you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with the

    following terms and conditions:



    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its

    documentation for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby

    granted, provided that the full text of this NOTICE appears on ALL

    copies of the software and documentation or portions thereof, including

    modifications, that you make.



    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE NO

    REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.  BY WAY OF EXAMPLE,

    BUT NOT LIMITATION, COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR

    WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR

    THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY

    THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.  COPYRIGHT

    HOLDERS WILL BEAR NO LIABILITY FOR ANY USE OF THIS SOFTWARE OR

    DOCUMENTATION.



    The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in

    advertising or publicity pertaining to the software without specific,

    written prior permission.  Title to copyright in this software and any

    associated documentation will at all times remain with copyright

    holders.

    

CERN Acknowledgment

------------------



    "This product includes computer software created and made available

    by CERN.  This acknowledgment shall be mentioned in full in any

    product which includes the CERN computer software included herein or

    parts thereof."