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1 *uganda.txt* Nvim 2 3 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar 5 6 7 *uganda* *Uganda* *copying* *copyright* *license* 8 SUMMARY 9 *Kuwasha* 10 Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are 11 encouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda. Please see |kcc| 12 below or visit the Kuwasha web site, available at the following URL: 13 14 https://www.kuwasha.net 15 16 You can also sponsor the development of Vim. Vim sponsors can vote for 17 features. See |sponsor|. The money goes to Uganda anyway. 18 19 *iccf* *ICCF* 20 ICCF Holland and Kuwasha ~ 21 22 |Bram| Moolenaar's charity, ICCF Holland, has long supported the education of 23 children in Uganda through the Kibaale Children's Centre. Following Bram's 24 passing in 2023, ICCF Holland transferred all activities to its sister charity 25 Kuwasha in Canada and dissolved at the end of 2025. 26 27 Donations from Vim users are still welcome and will continue to go directly to 28 Uganda. To continue supporting this cause, please send contributions to 29 Kuwasha. 30 31 License ~ 32 33 The Open Publication License applies to the Vim documentation, see 34 |manual-copyright|. 35 36 === begin of license === 37 38 VIM LICENSE 39 40 I) There are no restrictions on distributing unmodified copies of Vim except 41 that they must include this license text. You can also distribute 42 unmodified parts of Vim, likewise unrestricted except that they must 43 include this license text. You are also allowed to include executables 44 that you made from the unmodified Vim sources, plus your own usage 45 examples and Vim scripts. 46 47 II) It is allowed to distribute a modified (or extended) version of Vim, 48 including executables and/or source code, when the following four 49 conditions are met: 50 1) This license text must be included unmodified. 51 2) The modified Vim must be distributed in one of the following five ways: 52 a) If you make changes to Vim yourself, you must clearly describe in 53 the distribution how to contact you. When the maintainer asks you 54 (in any way) for a copy of the modified Vim you distributed, you 55 must make your changes, including source code, available to the 56 maintainer without fee. The maintainer reserves the right to 57 include your changes in the official version of Vim. What the 58 maintainer will do with your changes and under what license they 59 will be distributed is negotiable. If there has been no negotiation 60 then this license, or a later version, also applies to your changes. 61 The current maintainers are listed here: 62 https://github.com/orgs/vim/people 63 If this changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most 64 likely vim.sf.net, www.vim.org and/or comp.editors). When it is 65 completely impossible to contact the maintainer, the obligation to 66 send him your changes ceases. Once the maintainer has confirmed 67 that he has received your changes they will not have to be sent 68 again. 69 b) If you have received a modified Vim that was distributed as 70 mentioned under a) you are allowed to further distribute it 71 unmodified, as mentioned at I). If you make additional changes the 72 text under a) applies to those changes. 73 c) Provide all the changes, including source code, with every copy of 74 the modified Vim you distribute. This may be done in the form of a 75 context diff. You can choose what license to use for new code you 76 add. The changes and their license must not restrict others from 77 making their own changes to the official version of Vim. 78 d) When you have a modified Vim which includes changes as mentioned 79 under c), you can distribute it without the source code for the 80 changes if the following three conditions are met: 81 - The license that applies to the changes permits you to distribute 82 the changes to the Vim maintainer without fee or restriction, and 83 permits the Vim maintainer to include the changes in the official 84 version of Vim without fee or restriction. 85 - You keep the changes for at least three years after last 86 distributing the corresponding modified Vim. When the maintainer 87 or someone who you distributed the modified Vim to asks you (in 88 any way) for the changes within this period, you must make them 89 available to him. 90 - You clearly describe in the distribution how to contact you. 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When distributing as mentioned 100 under 2)e) adding the message is only required for as far as this does 101 not conflict with the license used for the changes. 102 4) The contact information as required under 2)a) and 2)d) must not be 103 removed or changed, except that the person himself can make 104 corrections. 105 106 III) If you distribute a modified version of Vim, you are encouraged to use 107 the Vim license for your changes and make them available to the 108 maintainer, including the source code. The preferred way to do this is 109 by e-mail or by uploading the files to a server and e-mailing the URL. 110 If the number of changes is small (e.g., a modified Makefile) e-mailing a 111 context diff will do. The e-mail address to be used is 112 <maintainer@vim.org> 113 114 IV) It is not allowed to remove this license from the distribution of the Vim 115 sources, parts of it or from a modified version. You may use this 116 license for previous Vim releases instead of the license that they came 117 with, at your option. 118 119 === end of license === 120 121 Note: 122 123 - If you are happy with Vim, please express that by reading the rest of this 124 file and consider helping needy children in Uganda. 125 126 - If you want to support further Vim development consider becoming a 127 |sponsor|. The money goes to Uganda anyway. 128 129 - According to Richard Stallman the Vim license is GNU GPL compatible. 130 A few minor changes have been made since he checked it, but that should not 131 make a difference. 132 133 - If you link Vim with a library that goes under the GNU GPL, this limits 134 further distribution to the GNU GPL. Also when you didn't actually change 135 anything in Vim. 136 137 - Once a change is included that goes under the GNU GPL, this forces all 138 further changes to also be made under the GNU GPL or a compatible license. 139 140 ============================================================================== 141 Kibaale Children's Centre *kcc* *Kibaale* *charity* 142 143 Kibaale Children's Centre (KCC) is located in Kibaale, a small town in the 144 south of Uganda, near Tanzania, in East Africa. The area is known as Rakai 145 District. The population is mostly farmers. Although people are poor, there 146 usually is enough food. But this district is suffering from AIDS more than 147 any other part of the world. Some say that it started there. Estimations are 148 that in the past 10 to 30% of the Ugandans are infected with HIV. Because 149 parents die, there are many orphans. In this district about 60,000 children 150 have lost one or both parents, out of a population of 350,000. Although AIDS 151 is now mostly under control, the problems are still continuing. 152 153 The children need a lot of help. The KCC is working hard to provide the needy 154 with food, medical care and education. Food and medical care to keep them 155 healthy now, and education so that they can take care of themselves in the 156 future. KCC works on a Christian base, but help is given to children of any 157 religion. 158 159 The key to solving the problems in this area is education. This has been 160 neglected in the past years with president Idi Amin and the following civil 161 wars. Now that the government is stable again, the children and parents have 162 to learn how to take care of themselves and how to avoid infections. There is 163 also help for people who are ill and hungry, but the primary goal is to 164 prevent people from getting ill and to teach them how to grow healthy food. 165 166 Most of the orphans are living in an extended family. An uncle or older 167 sister 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 169 care and schooling is beyond its reach. To help these needy children, a 170 sponsorship program was put into place. A child can be financially adopted. 171 For a few dollars a month KCC sees to it that the child gets indispensable 172 items, is healthy, goes to school and KCC takes care of anything else that 173 needs to be done for the child and the family that supports it. 174 175 Besides helping the child directly, the environment where the child grows up 176 needs to be improved. KCC helps schools to improve their teaching methods. 177 There is a demonstration school at the centre and teacher trainings are given. 178 Health workers are being trained, hygiene education is carried out and 179 households are stimulated to build a proper latrine. I helped setting up a 180 production site for cement slabs. These are used to build a good latrine. 181 They are sold below cost price. 182 183 There is a clinic at the project, which provides children and their family 184 medical help. Since 2020 a maternity ward was added and 24/7 service is 185 available. When needed, transport to a hospital is offered. Immunization 186 programs are carried out and help is provided when an epidemic is breaking out 187 (measles and cholera have been a problem). 188 189 Summer 1994 to summer 1995 Bram spent a whole year at the centre, working as a 190 volunteer. Bram helped to expand the centre and worked in the area of water 191 and sanitation. Bram learned that the help that the KCC provides really 192 helps. When Bram came back to Holland, he wanted to continue supporting KCC. 193 To do this he has been raising funds and organizing the sponsorship program. 194 195 How do you know that the money will be spent right? First of all you have the 196 personal guarantee of Bram as the author of Vim, who knew the people working 197 at the centre personally. Furthermore, the centre has been 198 co-sponsored and inspected by World Vision, Save the Children Fund and is now 199 under the supervision of Pacific Academy Outreach Society. Bram has 200 visited the centre many times, starting in 1993. The visit reports are 201 have been shared on the ICCF web site (may no longer be available). 202 203 If you have any further questions, send an e-mail: info@kuwasha.net. 204 205 The address of the centre is: 206 Kibaale Children's Centre 207 p.o. box 1658 208 Masaka, Uganda, East Africa 209 210 *donate* 211 Sending money: 212 213 Check the Kuwasha web site for the latest information! 214 215 Look on their site for information about sponsorship: 216 https://www.kuwasha.net/ 217 If you make a donation to Kuwasha you will receive a tax 218 receipt which can be submitted with your tax return. 219 220 Credit Card: You can use PayPal to send money with a Credit card. This is 221 the most widely used Internet based payment system. It's 222 really simple to use. Use this link to find more info: 223 https://www.paypal.com/en_US/mrb/pal=XAC62PML3GF8Q 224 The e-mail address for sending the money to is: 225 info@kuwasha.net 226 227 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: