The DOOM sources as originally released on December 23, 1997

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+README for Linux DOOM Source distribution
+=========================================
+
+
+DISCLAIMER
+----------
+This is not "The DOOM Source Code" dump for a bunch
+of reasons. It is based on a DOOM development directory
+snapshot as of January 10th, but has been stripped and
+changed. Thus it is the DOOM source, but there are many
+minor differences to the source as last used by id
+Software.
+
+Note that thus neither John Carmack nor Dave Taylor nor
+anybody else at id is responsible for the contents of
+this archive, or the changes introduced to the original
+source.
+
+If there are any questions, contact me at bk@gamers.org,
+or preferably post to the mailing list at
+
+                doom-editing@gamers.org
+
+(send mail to majordomo@gamers.org, content just
+a single "info doom-editing"). I will post any updates
+or notifcation of corrections there. I will probably
+put some stuff at 
+
+          http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/doom/
+
+as well. Look there for the "Unofficial DOOM Specs" as
+minimal recommended documentation.
+
+
+
+REMARKS
+-------
+I made a few minor bug fixes, added some experimental sound
+code, and, and changed the handling of IWAD dependend game
+modes. Most of the changes though have been shuffling
+around sources in a sometimes futile attempt to separate
+modules more cleanly, and make certain parts easier
+to locate and modify. There is still much left to do, but
+I hope that the current source is a good base to start
+with, especially with a cooperative effort in mind. Those
+so inclined will find the source prepared for CVS.  
+
+There is a list of changes and fixes I did not get around
+to in TODO, and an incomplete worklog in ChangeLog, that
+also includes some minor ToDo statements scattered throughout
+the log. 
+
+
+a) Linux SVGA
+There is no SVGA support. For development and debug
+purposes, the X11 version seems to be more handy.
+
+b) Sound - see README.sound,
+    and the sndserver.tgz archive.
+
+c) GLDOOM - see README.gl
+
+d) Win32
+There was no Win32 support in the original dump.
+
+e) DOS
+Original DOS support (including the texture
+mapping and fixed point assembler) has been
+removed, mainly because of the lack of sound
+support.
+
+f) DoomEd
+The NeXTStep DoomEd sources in the dump were
+garbled (filenames - prolly an issue of ISO9660
+with or w/o extensions). Somehow  Bear never got
+around to send me a list of the correct filenames,
+and I won't bother guessing without a NeXT box
+at hand.
+
+There is a plethora of useful editors
+for DOOM. I suggest using DEU for X11.
+
+g) BSP Tools
+The BSP builder and other tools have
+been released by John Carmack long ago,
+and since improved/replaced by others.
+Again, I recommend taking a pick among
+the tools available for Linux.  
+
+h) DOOM game tools
+There are a number of tools that have
+not been released, namely those which
+compiled the Things and State Tables,
+the frame animation LUT's, sound tables
+etc. Basically, they compile similarly
+complex LUT's to generate C files. The
+tools are omitted from this distribution.
+
+There are some files in the
+distribution (info.h/c, sounds.h/c)
+that are essentially the output of these
+tools. This is the data that defines
+DOOM (as a game) for all practical
+purposes.
+
+I recommend keeping them, as they are
+part of the source. In the long run,
+handling them as well as the action/
+animation functions as a separate game.so
+library (as with Quake2) seems to be a
+good idea.
+
+i) Artwork
+Neither the original artwork nor the
+misc. WAD files are included in this
+archive. You will at least need the
+shareware WAD file to run the executable,
+but it shouldn't be to difficult to get
+a hold of that.
+
+Note that the mechanism to detect the
+presence of a registered or commercial
+version is still in the source, and
+homebrew maps are still disabled. This
+is easily removed now, but as FinalDOOM,
+Ultimate DOOM and DOOM 2 are still in
+the shops, it is probably polite not
+to distribute a source or binary without
+that mechanism.
+
+This version of Linuxdoom supports Plutonia
+and TNT WAD from FinalDOOM as well. No
+guarantees, though.
+
+
+Enjoy!
+
+ 
+                          b. 97/12/22