Source code for the classic news reader FFNews.
Binaries: Does anyone have ffnews239_free.lha, mail me. 
Uploaded to aminet for historical preservation.
Many thanks to Thorsten for releasing the source code.
See README for interesting details about the project.

License
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FFNews is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.txt.

Cheers!
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