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- System Enhancement Associates
- Policy Statement on ARC Trademark and Copyrights
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- Many of our users have expressed concern regarding use of the ARC trademark
- and copyrights. To better meet their needs we have formulated this
- Statement of Policy, effective as of September 13, 1988. This policy
- applies to anyone who does not already have an agreement with us.
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- In the interest of serving the needs of the bulletin board community and
- supporting the shareware concept, we pledge to:
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- o Maintain the ARC file format as a stable industry standard.
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- o Continue to upgrade ARC for speed and efficiency.
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- o Continue to distribute ARC as a shareware product, and continue
- to allow for its free non-commercial use.
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- Futhermore, we pledge to foster the ingenuity and creativity of our fellow
- shareware authors, whom we are happy to support in virtually every manner.
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- ARC
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- To protect the rights of our shareware licensees, ARC may be freely
- copied and distributed subject to the following conditions:
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- 1) No fee may be charged for such copying and distribution.
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- 2) ARC may only be distributed in its original, unmodified state.
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- 3) ARC may not be distributed, in whole or in part, as part of any
- commercial product or service without the express written permission of
- SEA.
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- 4) ARC may be made available for download by pay bulletin boards and
- similar commercial services provided that no additional fee is charged
- specifically for downloading ARC.
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- ARC TRADEMARK
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- Use of the ARC trademark may be licensed subject to the following terms:
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- 1) Any use of the ARC trademark means that the product is SHAREWARE. We
- need a fully functional copy of the latest version with documentation
- to make available on our BBS for general download.
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- 2) Your product must be compatible with the current version of ARC from
- SEA, and must be of an acceptable level of quality and workmanship.
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- 3) We must have your name and address so that we can keep you informed on
- any changes to ARC.
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- 4) As the legal owner of the ARC trademark, we are bound by US trademark
- laws to protect and maintain the integrity of ARC in any program that
- uses the ARC trademark . To comply with this, we must ask for fully
- commented source code. We will keep your source code completely
- confidential if you so desire, and we will not make use of any of your
- source code in any of our products without your express, written
- permission.
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- ARC SOURCE CODE
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- The ARC program sources have always been available for informational
- purposes. They may be used freely in the creation of shareware utilities
- that examine the contents of an ARC format archive. Any other use of the
- ARC source code is subject to the following terms and conditions:
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- 1) Your product must be SHAREWARE. We need a fully functional copy of the
- latest version with documentation to make available on our BBS for
- general download.
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- 2) The first $100,000 worth of revenues is yours to keep. We want 6.5% of
- any revenue above that in return for the use of our code.
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- 3) For the protection of our users, your product may not produce ARC
- format archives which are incompatiable with our current version of
- ARC.
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- ARC FILE FORMAT
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- 1) We hereby grant to the entire world and all sentient creatures in the
- universe who do not already have an agreement with us to the contrary a
- perpetutal, unlimited, galaxy wide license to read, extract, create, or
- otherwise manipulate ARC format archives. This does not include any
- license to use our sources or trademarks.
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- 2) If you make any changes to the format such that your file is not
- compatible with the current version of ARC, then the result may not be
- referred to as an ARC format Archive.
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- We feel that this Policy Statement is a fair and workable answer to all
- concerned with ARC format archives, developers and users alike. If any
- developer is unable to comply with these terms, please contact us at (201)
- 473-5153 to discuss alternative arrangements.
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