------------------ The C User's Group ------------------ The C Users' Group (CUG) facilitates the exchange of code and information among C programmers. Among other services, the group maintains this library of over 360 volumes of public domain C and C++ source code. ------------------------- The C Users Journal (CUJ) ------------------------- The C Users Journal is the successor to the C Users' Group Newsletter and The C Journal. Subscribers are automatically enrolled as members of The C Users'Group. The C Users Journal and The C Users' Group are services of R&D Publications, Inc., Lawrence, Ks. ---------------------------- CUJ Subscription Information ---------------------------- Annual subscriptions to CUJ (12 issues) are: $29.95 US, $54 Canada and Mexico, and $65 overseas (airmail). Two-year subscriptions are: $56 US, $89 Canada/Mexico, $123 overseas. Three-year subscriptions are: $79 US, $122 Canada/Mexico, $175 overseas. Payments must be in US dollars. Make checks payable to: The C Users Journal. We will gladly accept MasterCard or Visa phone orders at voice: (913) 841-1631 FAX: (913) 841-2624 We do not currently accept any other credit or charge cards. ------------- Writing to Us ------------- Your editorial feedback is always welcome. Write to us at: The C Users Journal (if including code, please put 1601 W. 23rd St. Suite 200 both the code and text of your letter Lawrence, KS. 66046 on a floppy disk, any size or (913) 841-1631 density; DOS, tar or cpio format) or, e-mail us at: cujed@rdpub.com ("...!uunet!rdpub!cujed") ------------------------------------- What Is The C Users' Group Code Like? ------------------------------------- Unlike machine-centered user groups, CUG has collected C source code from a wide variety of environments. The code has been developed on machines as tiny as the Radio Shack Color Computer or as large as a Cray II. As a consequence the quality, dialect and portability of the code varies greatly. Unless you intend to use a program written for a PC clone on a PC clone you should expect to make at least minor modifications to the code. For the most part, code developed on MS-DOS will port easily to UNIX and vice-versa. The exception would be programs that directly manipulate hardware devices (such as the video display) or that use large UNIX packages (such as curses). --------- Copyright --------- The copyright status varies among the types of volume. Each volume includes information identitying its copyright status. The possible types are: public -- released to the public domain with no restrictions. share1 -- shareware, source code included. share2 -- shareware, source code not included but available from the author for a small registration fee. restricted -- copyright reserved or use restricted, but no registration fee requested. mixed -- copyright status varies from file to file through the volume. ----------------- Submission Policy ----------------- CUG is interested in ALL user supported C and C++ source code. Programs need not be new and unique, nor massive, to be useful to other members. Many times even minor modifications of existing library programs are important to other members, especially if the modifications improve the portability of the code. CUG accepts submissions only from the author or copyright holder. All submissions must be accompanied by the author's release form provided on most CUG volumes. In part the author's release is designed to protect the interests of members who desire to restrict for-profit distribution of their product. For tax purposes CUG is a service of R & D Publications, Inc., a for-profit Kansas corporation. We had originally intended to organize as a non-profit corporation but found it was an unbelievable hassle. We hope this release will allow authors to clearly authorize distribution by CUG while at the same time protecting their residual rights. We make every effort to respect the intentions of the submitting author when distributing software. -------------------------- Guidelines For Submissions -------------------------- If you (or perhaps several authors) have placed restrictions on your material, include ALL the restrictions prominently on the outside of the disk. Write the disk format on the outside of the disk!!! If you submit text files (documentation): DO NOT send them in some word-processor format. Please DO send all text files on a disk. We can read almost all MS-DOS and UNIX tar/cpio formats. Include a one or two paragraph summary of the disk contents on the disk, along with a longer (two to ten pages) article which is detailed enough that it will help members decide whether the submission is of use to them. Finally, unless you are really serious about policing the users of your software, reconsider restricting it. We will certainly respect your wishes, but you should be warned that you will be very hard-pressed to enforce copyright privileges once a product has been distributed free to any class of users. Our fear is that most of the restrictions we are so carefully repeating are legally unenforceable and thus are accomplishing little except to consume group time.