
This is the distribution of Bonobo, the GNOME component and compound
document system for the GNU system.

* What is Bonobo

   Bonobo is a set of language and system independant CORBA
interfaces for creating reusable components and creating compound
documents.

   The Bonobo distribution includes a Gtk+ based implementation of the
Bonobo interfaces, enabling developers to create reusable components
and applications that can be used to form more complex documents.

* Licensing

   Bonobo libraries are released under the terms of the GNU Lesser
General Public License (GNU LGPL).  While components and programs
included with this release are licensed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License (GNU GPL).

   You can find copies of the licenses in the files COPYING.LIB and
COPYING for the libraries and the code respectively.

* What you will need

   You will need a working GNOME 1.0 system with the development tools
to compile and install Bonobo.

* The layout 

   You will find documentation for Bonobo in the "doc" directory.  The
actual implementation of bonobo is in the "bonobo" directory.  The
CORBA interfaces are in the "idl" directory.  Sample implementations
of components and containers are in the "samples" directory.  You
should use these implementations as your reference when you write
Bonobo code.

* Bonobos

   The real Bonobos are endangered species.  If you want to help
preserve the Bonobos go to this web site: 

http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwbpf/bpf

Miguel de Icaza (miguel@gnu.org)
August, 1999.
