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Welcome to RiscOS Frotz!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Frotz was ported to the RiscOS Desktop by the Musus Umbra.
This is release 1.32ß and is a BETA release.
You shouldn't be presented with this file: see later for info on the
*real* documentation.
The porter may be contacted:
e-mail: musus@argonet.co.uk NB: THIS HAS CHANGED!!!!
WWW: http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/musus/
snail-mail:
Andy Holdsworth
c/o
23 Baronsway
Whitkirk
Leeds
LS15 7AW
(that's in England, btw)
The documentation for RiscOS Frotz takes the form of a StrongHelp manual.
In order to read this manual, you need StrongHelp (version 2.00 or later)
which pretty much everyone must have by now. If you don't have StrongHelp,
it is available from many sources including PD libraries and via anonymous
ftp from just about every site you could think of.
!Frotz will automatically load/use StrongHelp as appropriate, as long as
the filer has 'seen' !StrongHlp at some point.
If there's any demand for a plain text version of the manual, I'll knock
one together.
The Rest of this file is a copy of the 'License And Copyright Details' page
from the manual (minus the flangy styles, of course):
INPORTANT: *** RiscOS Frotz is Freeware (see later)
*** RiscOS Frotz was created using DeskLib
RiscOS Frotz contains material from a number of sources, and as such the
copyright to these parts belongs to different people.
The parts are:
The main Frotz engine
The RiscOS Desktop front end
The ZapRedraw module
The DataVox module
The bitmap Fonts
see later in this file for information on who owns the copyright in these
components.
License
~~~~~~~
You are permitted to use and modify RiscOS Frotz in any way you like as
long as *no profit* is made in so doing. You /may/ make a *reasonable*
charge to cover handling/media if you are redistributing RiscOS Frotz but
you *may not* make any charge for the software itself. Please *do not*
distribute altered versions of RiscOS Frotz: send patches, bug fixes,
comments and suggestions to the porter, Musus Umbra. This is especially
important as this release still has /beta/ status and there *will* be bugs
and /features/ left to iron out.
Discaliamer
~~~~~~~~~~~
RiscOS Frotz comes with *absolutely no warranty* of any kind, and the
authors can accept *no responsibility* for any damage or loss of any kind
arising from the use, misuse, or inability to use RiscOS Frotz.
This is a Beta release, it *will* crash - be warned!
About FreeWare
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FreeWare *does not* mean public domain. In particular, FreeWare means that:
• The authors retain copyright of the software *at all times*.
• You are allowed unlimited use of the software so long as this use does
not in any way infrige the authors' copyrights.
• You *may not* redistribute the software for a profit: the software is
*free*. A *reasonable* handling/media charge is acceptable, however.
Please respect the FreeWare concept, and enjoy the benefits of quality
software for free!
Copyright and License for the main Frotz Engine
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following license text is taken from the source code of the main Frotz
engine:
Frotz is freeware: It may be used and distributed freely provided no
commercial profit is involved. (c) 1995-1997 Stefan Jokisch.
The Frotz Engine forms the following parts of the software:
• All files in the directory !Frotz.Source.Frotz with the exception of the
makefile (the Source directory will not be present in the beta release).
• Some of the code of the executable, !Frotz.!RunImage
Copyright and License for the RiscOS front-end
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The RiscOS front end to the Frotz engine is © Musus Umbra (A.J.Holdsworth)
1996/7, and is freeware.
The front end forms the following parts of the software:
• All files in the directory !Frotz.Source.Desktop (the Source directory
will not be present in the beta release) not starting with 'F-' or '~'
• Some of the code of the executable, !Frotz.!RunImage
• The !Run, !Boot and Template files, and all the spritefiles contained
within !Frotz
• The StrongHelp documentation
• This plain text documentation (such as it is :-)
Copyright of the ZapRedraw Module
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ZapRedraw module is © Dominic Symes, and is used with permission.
The ZapRedraw module forms the following part of the software:
• The relocatable module file ZapRedraw in the !Frotz.Resources directory
Copyright of the DataVox Module
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The DataVox module is © Philip R. Banks, and is used under the terms
of the © notice supplied with it.
The DataVox module forms the following part of the software:
• The relocatable module file DataVox in the !Frotz.Resources directory
Copyright and License for the Bitmap Fonts used by RiscOS Frotz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The bitmap fonts are the data files inside the directory !Frotz.Resources.
Fonts.
Each font datafile contains material from two sources: the alphabetical
characters (see below for © details), and the graphical characters. The
graphical characters are all the work of, and © the Musus Umbra.
Special © notices apply to the following fonts:
10x20, 12x24, 6x12 and 7x13.
The Following fonts were sourced from the Public Domain:
8x16, 8x16script and 8x16bnf
Copyright notice for font 10x20
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright 1989-1991 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
NCD is a registered trademark of Network Computing Devices, Inc.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
NCD may not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
distribution of the software without specific, written prior
permission. NCD makes no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided ``as
is'' without express or implied warranty.
NCD DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN
NO EVENT SHALL NCD BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS
OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Copyright notice for font ‘12x24’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright 1989 by Sony Corp.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notices appear in all copies and
that both those copyright notices and this permission notice appear
in supporting documentation, and that the name of Sony Corp.
not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution
of the software without specific, written prior permission. Sony
Corp. makes no representations about the suitability of this
software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or
implied warranty.
SONY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY BE LIABLE FOR ANY
SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Copyright notice for font ‘6x12’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright 1989 Dale Schumacher, dal@syntel.mn.org
399 Beacon Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104-3527
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
Dale Schumacher not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
distribution of the software without specific, written prior
permission. Dale Schumacher makes no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as
is" without express or implied warranty.
Copyright notice for font ‘7x13’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Copyright (c) 1990 Stephen Gildea
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
The authors make no representations about the suitability of this
software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express
or implied warranty.
Designed by Stephen Gildea <gildea@lcs.mit.edu>
Original design November 1989.
Current version June 1990.
Characters above 127 designed and made by
Thomas Bagli (pyramid!pcsbst!tom@uunet.UU.NET)
PCS Computer Systeme, West Germany