	  Leonard---A System for Grounding the Lexical Semantics of
       Verbs in Visual Perception using Force Dynamics and Event Logic

			     Jeffrey Mark Siskind
			 NEC Research Institute, Inc.
			      4 Independence Way
			 Princeton NJ 08540-6620 USA
			   Qobi@research.nj.nec.com
				 609/951-2705

			     Thursday 31 May 2001

				 INTRODUCTION

This is release 0.1 of Leonard.  Before you install Leonard you must first
install Infrastructure, which you can obtain by anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.nj.nec.com/pub/qobi/infrastructure.tar.Z, and QobiScheme, which you
can obtain by anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.nj.nec.com/pub/qobi/QobiScheme.tar.Z.  To compile this release of
Leonard, you need version 1.14 of Infrastructure, or better, and version 1.27
of QobiScheme, or better.

				 INSTALLATION

To compile Leonard, first unpack the distribution:

% uncompress leonard-0.1.tar.Z
% tar xvf leonard-0.1.tar
% rm leonard-0.1.tar
% cd leonard-0.1/source

Then do the following:

% make port
% cd `architecture-path`
% make install

See the file leonard.text for documentation on how to run Leonard.

				 PORTABILITY

Leonard has been tested only under Linux 2.2.10 on Intel/x86s, though it may
work under other operating systems on other platforms.

				COMMUNICATION

Bug mail should be addressed to Bug-Leonard@AI.MIT.EDU and not to me
personally.  Periodic announcements of bug fixes, enhancements, and new
releases will be made to Info-Leonard@AI.MIT.EDU.

				HOW TO OBTAIN

The current release of Leonard is available by anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.nj.nec.com/pub/qobi/leonard.tar.Z.

				  CONDITIONS

The current release of Leonard is provided for free on an as-is basis with
no warrantee.  You are free to use, copy, and distribute this software provided
that:

 1. You report *ALL* bugs to Bug-Leonard@AI.MIT.EDU whether or not you
    need them fixed.  Include the version number (0.1) in the message.
 2. You report *ALL* bugs that you fixed to Bug-Leonard@AI.MIT.EDU.
    Include the version number (0.1) in the message.
 3. You inform me that you obtained a copy of Leonard by sending a message
    to Info-Leonard-Request@AI.MIT.EDU to be put on the
    Info-Leonard@AI.MIT.EDU mailing list.

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