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Universal VESA VBE - Duplication and distribution LICENSE 24th August 1993
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Universal VESA VBE, Copyright (C) 1993 Kendall Bennett
All Rights Reserved.
The Universal VESA VBE is not public domain software. It is copyrighted
software, Copyright (C) 1992,1993 Kendall Bennett. It is however free
software (with the restrictions noted below), or what some people term
"Freeware". There are no restrictions on the usage of the program. You
may use it for whatever you wish, on as many systems as you desire
(within the bounds of the duplication restrictions below).
Duplication and distribution restrictions
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1. If you are an end user, or a corporation, you have an unlimited license
to copy and use the program on as many machines as you desire. You may
also distribute copies to your friends and colleagues for no charge
providing you do not accept a fee for this service.
2. Software distribution companies that distribute shareware and freeware
software may charge their normal distribution fee for the software if
provided in diskette form. No distribution fee is permitted to be
charged for electronically distributed copies (except the usual
connection fees associated with the distribution channel).
3. If you are the author of a shareware or commercial application and wish
to distribute the Universal VESA VBE with your package, you must
purchase a Software License Agreement from the Author. The following
conditions must also be met: a) If any reference to the program is made
in your user documentation, reference to the fact that the program is
Copryright (C) 1993 Kendall Bennett MUST be made. b) This copyright notice
(this file) MUST be distributed along with the package in electronic form.
c) The distributed archive shall be one of the official executable only
distribution archives released by the author. d) No restriction shall be
placed on users duplicating the Universal VESA VBE distributed with your
application. e) Any modifications made to the code will be forwarded to
the Author for inclusion in a future release. g) You may NOT distribute
the program until a Software License Agreement between youself (or you
company) and the Author has been signed. You may include information
regarding the installation and use of the Universal VESA VBE from the
file 'univbe.doc' in your applications user's guide. Please contact the
author directly for Software Licensing information and pricing.
4. If you are a video card manufacturer, you may distribute the program
with your products or make the program available to your customers
for no charge, under the following conditions: a) You MUST test
and debug the Universal VESA VBE on your video cards and provide
modifications and updates to the author. b) You may NOT distribute
modified versions on the executable until the updates have been
processed and included in the next release. c) The package MUST be
provided in the original executable only archive format, even if
distributed on floppy diskette with your products, containing this file
and all online user documentation.
5. You may NOT re-distribute modified versions of the source code or
executables, nor may you distribute any part of the source code
for a profit. If you make any worthwhile changes to the source code,
you can send them to the author to be included in a future release.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK
AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY HAVE REDISTRIBUTED
THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES.
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