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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 *uganda* *Uganda* *copying* *copyright* *license*
8SUMMARY
9 *iccf* *ICCF*
10Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are
11encouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda. Please see |kcc|
12below or visit the ICCF web site, available at these URLs:
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Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +000014 https://iccf-holland.org/
15 https://www.vim.org/iccf/
16 https://www.iccf.nl/
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017
RestorerZff168072024-08-14 14:38:46 +020018You can also sponsor the development of Vim, see |sponsor|. The money goes to
19Uganda anyway.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020
21The Open Publication License applies to the Vim documentation, see
22|manual-copyright|.
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RestorerZdbe45be2025-07-08 23:00:13 +020024The icons used for the toolbar in the Win32 GUI are from the "Farm-Fresh Web
25Icons" set. These icons are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
263.0 License and were created by FatCow Web Hosting. They were previously
27available at http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons and are still available at:
28https://www.iconarchive.com/show/farm-fresh-icons-by-fatcow.1.html
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Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031=== begin of license ===
32
33VIM LICENSE
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35I) There are no restrictions on distributing unmodified copies of Vim except
36 that they must include this license text. You can also distribute
37 unmodified parts of Vim, likewise unrestricted except that they must
38 include this license text. You are also allowed to include executables
39 that you made from the unmodified Vim sources, plus your own usage
40 examples and Vim scripts.
41
42II) It is allowed to distribute a modified (or extended) version of Vim,
43 including executables and/or source code, when the following four
44 conditions are met:
45 1) This license text must be included unmodified.
46 2) The modified Vim must be distributed in one of the following five ways:
47 a) If you make changes to Vim yourself, you must clearly describe in
48 the distribution how to contact you. When the maintainer asks you
49 (in any way) for a copy of the modified Vim you distributed, you
50 must make your changes, including source code, available to the
51 maintainer without fee. The maintainer reserves the right to
52 include your changes in the official version of Vim. What the
53 maintainer will do with your changes and under what license they
54 will be distributed is negotiable. If there has been no negotiation
55 then this license, or a later version, also applies to your changes.
Christian Brabandte978b452023-08-13 10:33:05 +020056 The current maintainers are listed here: https://github.com/orgs/vim/people.
57 If this changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most likely
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058 vim.sf.net, www.vim.org and/or comp.editors). When it is completely
59 impossible to contact the maintainer, the obligation to send him
60 your changes ceases. Once the maintainer has confirmed that he has
61 received your changes they will not have to be sent again.
62 b) If you have received a modified Vim that was distributed as
63 mentioned under a) you are allowed to further distribute it
64 unmodified, as mentioned at I). If you make additional changes the
65 text under a) applies to those changes.
66 c) Provide all the changes, including source code, with every copy of
67 the modified Vim you distribute. This may be done in the form of a
68 context diff. You can choose what license to use for new code you
69 add. The changes and their license must not restrict others from
70 making their own changes to the official version of Vim.
71 d) When you have a modified Vim which includes changes as mentioned
72 under c), you can distribute it without the source code for the
73 changes if the following three conditions are met:
74 - The license that applies to the changes permits you to distribute
75 the changes to the Vim maintainer without fee or restriction, and
76 permits the Vim maintainer to include the changes in the official
77 version of Vim without fee or restriction.
78 - You keep the changes for at least three years after last
79 distributing the corresponding modified Vim. When the maintainer
80 or someone who you distributed the modified Vim to asks you (in
81 any way) for the changes within this period, you must make them
82 available to him.
83 - You clearly describe in the distribution how to contact you. This
84 contact information must remain valid for at least three years
85 after last distributing the corresponding modified Vim, or as long
86 as possible.
87 e) When the GNU General Public License (GPL) applies to the changes,
88 you can distribute the modified Vim under the GNU GPL version 2 or
89 any later version.
90 3) A message must be added, at least in the output of the ":version"
91 command and in the intro screen, such that the user of the modified Vim
92 is able to see that it was modified. When distributing as mentioned
93 under 2)e) adding the message is only required for as far as this does
94 not conflict with the license used for the changes.
95 4) The contact information as required under 2)a) and 2)d) must not be
96 removed or changed, except that the person himself can make
97 corrections.
98
99III) If you distribute a modified version of Vim, you are encouraged to use
100 the Vim license for your changes and make them available to the
101 maintainer, including the source code. The preferred way to do this is
102 by e-mail or by uploading the files to a server and e-mailing the URL.
103 If the number of changes is small (e.g., a modified Makefile) e-mailing a
104 context diff will do. The e-mail address to be used is
105 <maintainer@vim.org>
106
107IV) It is not allowed to remove this license from the distribution of the Vim
108 sources, parts of it or from a modified version. You may use this
109 license for previous Vim releases instead of the license that they came
110 with, at your option.
111
112=== end of license ===
113
114Note:
115
116- If you are happy with Vim, please express that by reading the rest of this
117 file and consider helping needy children in Uganda.
118
119- If you want to support further Vim development consider becoming a
Bram Moolenaarc01140a2006-03-24 22:21:52 +0000120 |sponsor|. The money goes to Uganda anyway.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000121
122- According to Richard Stallman the Vim license is GNU GPL compatible.
123 A few minor changes have been made since he checked it, but that should not
124 make a difference.
125
126- If you link Vim with a library that goes under the GNU GPL, this limits
127 further distribution to the GNU GPL. Also when you didn't actually change
128 anything in Vim.
129
130- Once a change is included that goes under the GNU GPL, this forces all
131 further changes to also be made under the GNU GPL or a compatible license.
132
133- If you distribute a modified version of Vim, you can include your name and
134 contact information with the "--with-modified-by" configure argument or the
135 MODIFIED_BY define.
136
Christian Brabandt69c34932025-05-25 17:07:51 +0200137- This license applies to the source code of Vim. However, different license
138 conditions may apply to some runtime files included with Vim; these will be
139 specified in the header of each respective file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000140==============================================================================
Bram Moolenaar3577c6f2008-06-24 21:16:56 +0000141Kibaale Children's Centre *kcc* *Kibaale* *charity*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000142
143Kibaale Children's Centre (KCC) is located in Kibaale, a small town in the
144south of Uganda, near Tanzania, in East Africa. The area is known as Rakai
145District. The population is mostly farmers. Although people are poor, there
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +0000146usually is enough food. But this district is suffering from AIDS more than
147any other part of the world. Some say that it started there. Estimations are
148that in the past 10 to 30% of the Ugandans are infected with HIV. Because
149parents die, there are many orphans. In this district about 60,000 children
150have lost one or both parents, out of a population of 350,000. Although AIDS
151is now mostly under control, the problems are still continuing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000152
153The children need a lot of help. The KCC is working hard to provide the needy
154with food, medical care and education. Food and medical care to keep them
155healthy now, and education so that they can take care of themselves in the
156future. KCC works on a Christian base, but help is given to children of any
157religion.
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159The key to solving the problems in this area is education. This has been
160neglected in the past years with president Idi Amin and the following civil
161wars. Now that the government is stable again, the children and parents have
162to learn how to take care of themselves and how to avoid infections. There is
163also help for people who are ill and hungry, but the primary goal is to
164prevent people from getting ill and to teach them how to grow healthy food.
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166Most of the orphans are living in an extended family. An uncle or older
167sister is taking care of them. Because these families are big and the income
168(if any) is low, a child is lucky if it gets healthy food. Clothes, medical
169care and schooling is beyond its reach. To help these needy children, a
170sponsorship program was put into place. A child can be financially adopted.
171For a few dollars a month KCC sees to it that the child gets indispensable
172items, is healthy, goes to school and KCC takes care of anything else that
173needs to be done for the child and the family that supports it.
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175Besides helping the child directly, the environment where the child grows up
176needs to be improved. KCC helps schools to improve their teaching methods.
177There is a demonstration school at the centre and teacher trainings are given.
178Health workers are being trained, hygiene education is carried out and
179households are stimulated to build a proper latrine. I helped setting up a
180production site for cement slabs. These are used to build a good latrine.
181They are sold below cost price.
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Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +0000183There is a clinic at the project, which provides children and their family
184medical help. Since 2020 a maternity ward was added and 24/7 service is
185available. When needed, transport to a hospital is offered. Immunization
186programs are carried out and help is provided when an epidemic is breaking out
187(measles and cholera have been a problem).
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000188 *donate*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000189Summer 1994 to summer 1995 I spent a whole year at the centre, working as a
190volunteer. I have helped to expand the centre and worked in the area of water
191and sanitation. I learned that the help that the KCC provides really helps.
Bram Moolenaar3577c6f2008-06-24 21:16:56 +0000192When I came back to Holland, I wanted to continue supporting KCC. To do this
193I'm raising funds and organizing the sponsorship program. Please consider one
194of these possibilities:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000195
1961. Sponsor a child in primary school: 17 euro a month (or more).
1972. Sponsor a child in secondary school: 25 euro a month (or more).
1983. Sponsor the clinic: Any amount a month or quarter
1994. A one-time donation
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201Compared with other organizations that do child sponsorship the amounts are
202very low. This is because the money goes directly to the centre. Less than
2035% is used for administration. This is possible because this is a small
204organization that works with volunteers. If you would like to sponsor a
205child, you should have the intention to do this for at least one year.
206
207How do you know that the money will be spent right? First of all you have my
208personal guarantee as the author of Vim. I trust the people that are working
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +0100209at the centre, I know them personally. Furthermore, the centre has been
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100210co-sponsored and inspected by World Vision, Save the Children Fund and is now
211under the supervision of Pacific Academy Outreach Society. The centre is
212visited about once a year to check the progress (at our own cost). I have
213visited the centre myself many times, starting in 1993. The visit reports are
214on the ICCF web site.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000215
RestorerZf7a38652024-04-22 20:55:32 +0200216If you have any further questions, send e-mail: <Bram@vim.org>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000217
218The address of the centre is:
219 Kibaale Children's Centre
220 p.o. box 1658
221 Masaka, Uganda, East Africa
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Bram Moolenaarc01140a2006-03-24 22:21:52 +0000223Sending money: *iccf-donations*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000224
225Check the ICCF web site for the latest information! See |iccf| for the URL.
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Bram Moolenaar9964e462007-05-05 17:54:07 +0000228USA: The methods mentioned below can be used.
Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +0000229 If you must send a check send it to our Canadian partner:
230 https://www.kuwasha.net/
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000231
Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +0000232Canada: Contact Kuwasha in Surrey, Canada. They take care of the
233 Canadian sponsors for the children in Kibaale. Kuwasha
234 forwards 100% of the money to the project in Uganda. You can
235 send them a one time donation directly.
RestorerZf7a38652024-04-22 20:55:32 +0200236 Look on their site for information about sponsorship:
237 https://www.kuwasha.net/
Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +0000238 If you make a donation to Kuwasha you will receive a tax
239 receipt which can be submitted with your tax return.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000240
Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +0000241Holland: Transfer to the account of "Stichting ICCF Holland" in
242 Amersfoort. This will allow for tax deduction if you live in
243 Holland. ING bank, IBAN: NL95 INGB 0004 5487 74
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000244
245Germany: It is possible to make donations that allow for a tax return.
246 Check the ICCF web site for the latest information:
Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +0000247 https://iccf-holland.org/germany.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000248
Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +0000249Europe: Use a bank transfer if possible. See "Others" below for the
250 swift code and IBAN number.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000251 Any other method should work. Ask for information about
252 sponsorship.
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254Credit Card: You can use PayPal to send money with a Credit card. This is
255 the most widely used Internet based payment system. It's
256 really simple to use. Use this link to find more info:
Bram Moolenaar9964e462007-05-05 17:54:07 +0000257 https://www.paypal.com/en_US/mrb/pal=XAC62PML3GF8Q
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000258 The e-mail address for sending the money to is:
Bram Moolenaare5b8e3d2005-08-12 19:48:49 +0000259 Bram@iccf-holland.org
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000260
Bram Moolenaar9da17d72022-02-09 21:50:44 +0000261Others: Transfer to this account if possible:
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +0000262 ING bank: IBAN: NL95 INGB 0004 5487 74
Bram Moolenaar3e79c972022-02-04 19:48:06 +0000263 Swift code: INGBNL2A
264 under the name "stichting ICCF Holland", Amersfoort
265 Checks are not accepted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000266
Bram Moolenaarc01140a2006-03-24 22:21:52 +0000267
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200268 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: