*uganda.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Jun 07

*uganda* *Uganda* *copying* *copyright* *license*

SUMMARY

*Kuwasha*

Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are

encouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda. Please see |kcc|

below or visit the Kuwasha web site, available at the following URL:

https://www.kuwasha.net

You can also sponsor the development of Vim, see |sponsor|. The money goes to

Uganda anyway.

*iccf* *ICCF*

|Bram| Moolenaar's charity, ICCF Holland, has long supported the education of

children in Uganda through the Kibaale Children's Centre. Following Bram's

passing in 2023, ICCF Holland transferred all activities to its sister charity

Kuwasha in Canada and dissolved at the end of 2025.

Donations from Vim users are still welcome and will continue to go directly to

Uganda. To continue supporting this cause, please send contributions to

Kuwasha.

The Open Publication License applies to the Vim documentation, see

|manual-copyright|.

The icons used for the toolbar in the Win32 GUI are from the "Farm-Fresh Web

Icons" set. These icons are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution

3.0 License and were created by FatCow Web Hosting. They were previously

available at (dead link) fatcow.com/free-icons and are still available at:

VIM LICENSE

I) There are no restrictions on distributing unmodified copies of Vim except

that they must include this license text. You can also distribute

unmodified parts of Vim, likewise unrestricted except that they must

include this license text. You are also allowed to include executables

that you made from the unmodified Vim sources, plus your own usage

examples and Vim scripts.

II) It is allowed to distribute a modified (or extended) version of Vim,

including executables and/or source code, when the following four

conditions are met:

1) This license text must be included unmodified.

2) The modified Vim must be distributed in one of the following five ways:

a) If you make changes to Vim yourself, you must clearly describe in

the distribution how to contact you. When the maintainer asks you

(in any way) for a copy of the modified Vim you distributed, you

must make your changes, including source code, available to the

maintainer without fee. The maintainer reserves the right to

include your changes in the official version of Vim. What the

maintainer will do with your changes and under what license they

will be distributed is negotiable. If there has been no negotiation

then this license, or a later version, also applies to your changes.

The current maintainers are listed here:

https://github.com/orgs/vim/people

If this changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most

likely vim.sf.net, www.vim.org and/or comp.editors). When it is

completely impossible to contact the maintainer, the obligation to

send him your changes ceases. Once the maintainer has confirmed

that he has received your changes they will not have to be sent

again.

b) If you have received a modified Vim that was distributed as

mentioned under a) you are allowed to further distribute it

unmodified, as mentioned at I). If you make additional changes the

text under a) applies to those changes.

c) Provide all the changes, including source code, with every copy of

the modified Vim you distribute. This may be done in the form of a

context diff. You can choose what license to use for new code you

add. The changes and their license must not restrict others from

making their own changes to the official version of Vim.

d) When you have a modified Vim which includes changes as mentioned

under c), you can distribute it without the source code for the

changes if the following three conditions are met:

- The license that applies to the changes permits you to distribute

the changes to the Vim maintainer without fee or restriction, and

permits the Vim maintainer to include the changes in the official

version of Vim without fee or restriction.

- You keep the changes for at least three years after last

distributing the corresponding modified Vim. When the maintainer

or someone who you distributed the modified Vim to asks you (in

any way) for the changes within this period, you must make them

available to him.

- You clearly describe in the distribution how to contact you. This

contact information must remain valid for at least three years

after last distributing the corresponding modified Vim, or as long

as possible.

e) When the GNU General Public License (GPL) applies to the changes,

you can distribute the modified Vim under the GNU GPL version 2 or

any later version.

3) A message must be added, at least in the output of the ":version"

command and in the intro screen, such that the user of the modified Vim

is able to see that it was modified. When distributing as mentioned

under 2)e) adding the message is only required for as far as this does

not conflict with the license used for the changes.

4) The contact information as required under 2)a) and 2)d) must not be

removed or changed, except that the person himself can make

corrections.

III) If you distribute a modified version of Vim, you are encouraged to use

the Vim license for your changes and make them available to the

maintainer, including the source code. The preferred way to do this is

by e-mail or by uploading the files to a server and e-mailing the URL.

If the number of changes is small (e.g., a modified Makefile) e-mailing a

context diff will do. The e-mail address to be used is

<maintainer@vim.org>

IV) It is not allowed to remove this license from the distribution of the Vim

sources, parts of it or from a modified version. You may use this

license for previous Vim releases instead of the license that they came

with, at your option.

Note:

- If you are happy with Vim, please express that by reading the rest of this

file and consider helping needy children in Uganda.

- If you want to support further Vim development consider becoming a

|sponsor|. The money goes to Uganda anyway.

- According to Richard Stallman the Vim license is GNU GPL compatible.

A few minor changes have been made since he checked it, but that should not

make a difference.

- If you link Vim with a library that goes under the GNU GPL, this limits

further distribution to the GNU GPL. Also when you didn't actually change

anything in Vim.

- Once a change is included that goes under the GNU GPL, this forces all

further changes to also be made under the GNU GPL or a compatible license.

- If you distribute a modified version of Vim, you can include your name and

contact information with the "--with-modified-by" configure argument or the

MODIFIED_BY define.

- This license applies to the source code of Vim. However, different license

conditions may apply to some runtime files included with Vim; these will be

specified in the header of each respective file.

Kibaale Children's Centre *kcc* *Kibaale* *charity*

Kibaale Children's Centre (KCC) is located in Kibaale, a small town in the

south of Uganda, near Tanzania, in East Africa. The area is known as Rakai

District. The population is mostly farmers. Although people are poor, there

usually is enough food. But this district is suffering from AIDS more than

any other part of the world. Some say that it started there. Estimations are

that in the past 10 to 30% of the Ugandans are infected with HIV. Because

parents die, there are many orphans. In this district about 60,000 children

have lost one or both parents, out of a population of 350,000. Although AIDS

is now mostly under control, the problems are still continuing.

The children need a lot of help. The KCC is working hard to provide the needy

with food, medical care and education. Food and medical care to keep them

healthy now, and education so that they can take care of themselves in the

future. KCC works on a Christian base, but help is given to children of any

religion.

The key to solving the problems in this area is education. This has been

neglected in the past years with president Idi Amin and the following civil

wars. Now that the government is stable again, the children and parents have

to learn how to take care of themselves and how to avoid infections. There is

also help for people who are ill and hungry, but the primary goal is to

prevent people from getting ill and to teach them how to grow healthy food.

Most of the orphans are living in an extended family. An uncle or older

sister is taking care of them. Because these families are big and the income

(if any) is low, a child is lucky if it gets healthy food. Clothes, medical

care and schooling is beyond its reach. To help these needy children, a

sponsorship program was put into place. A child can be financially adopted.

For a few dollars a month KCC sees to it that the child gets indispensable

items, is healthy, goes to school and KCC takes care of anything else that

needs to be done for the child and the family that supports it.

Besides helping the child directly, the environment where the child grows up

needs to be improved. KCC helps schools to improve their teaching methods.

There is a demonstration school at the centre and teacher trainings are given.

Health workers are being trained, hygiene education is carried out and

households are stimulated to build a proper latrine. I helped setting up a

production site for cement slabs. These are used to build a good latrine.

They are sold below cost price.

There is a clinic at the project, which provides children and their family

medical help. Since 2020 a maternity ward was added and 24/7 service is

available. When needed, transport to a hospital is offered. Immunization

programs are carried out and help is provided when an epidemic is breaking out

(measles and cholera have been a problem).

Summer 1994 to summer 1995 Bram spent a whole year at the centre, working as a

volunteer. Bram helped to expand the centre and worked in the area of water

and sanitation. Bram learned that the help that the KCC provides really

helps. When Bram came back to Holland, he wanted to continue supporting KCC.

To do this he has been raising funds and organizing the sponsorship program.

How do you know that the money will be spent right? First of all you have the

personal guarantee of Bram as the author of Vim, who knew the people working

at the centre personally. Furthermore, the centre has been

co-sponsored and inspected by World Vision, Save the Children Fund and is now

under the supervision of Pacific Academy Outreach Society. Bram has

visited the centre many times, starting in 1993. The visit reports are

have been shared on the ICCF web site (may no longer be available).

If you have any further questions, send an e-mail: info@kuwasha.net.

The address of the centre is:

Kibaale Children's Centre

p.o. box 1658

Masaka, Uganda, East Africa

*donate*

Sending money:

Check the Kuwasha web site for the latest information!

Look on their site for information about sponsorship:

https://www.kuwasha.net/

If you make a donation to Kuwasha you will receive a tax

receipt which can be submitted with your tax return.

Credit Card: You can use PayPal to send money with a Credit card. This is

the most widely used Internet based payment system. It's

really simple to use. Use this link to find more info:

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZZPJ7XEYD3CZ2

The e-mail address for sending the money to is:

info@kuwasha.net

vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: