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- BOOT.SYS VENDOR.DOC Version 1.27
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- BOOT.SYS(tm) and the accompanying programs and documentation are
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- Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 Hans Salvisberg
- All rights reserved
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- This file provides information for disk vendors; any person or
- organisation distributing software on disks (or through any other
- medium, including electronic file transfer) for a fee will be
- considered a disk vendor in this context. This explicitely
- includes commercial and non-profit user group libraries.
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- I would be pleased to work with you because you are an important
- part of the shareware distribution system. However I require that
- you obtain written permission from me before starting to distri-
- bute BOOT.SYS. Together with the permission you will get the
- current version of BOOT.SYS and I will try to keep you up-to-date
- if new versions are released.
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- To obtain this permission please send me a copy of your standard
- written materials (catalogs/flyers) which clearly explain the
- shareware concept, the need for users to register the products
- they use, and the fact that the price of your disks is a copying
- fee only and does not constitute payment for the product. If you
- carry both shareware and public domain software/freeware then
- your materials must make a clear distinction between these two
- categories. Only if these basic concepts are explicitely stated
- in your written materials will I be confident that your customers
- are fully informed about what they are paying for.
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- If you are an Approved Vendor of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals(R) (ASP) you have my permission to start distri-
- buting BOOT.SYS immediately. However I still require getting a
- notification within four weeks stating the following:
- - the fact that you are an Associate Member of the Association
- of Shareware Professionals
- - the date you started distributing BOOT.SYS
- - the version of BOOT.SYS you are distributing and where you
- got it from
- If you send me a copy of your catalog, which includes BOOT.SYS,
- I will automatically send you the next new version as soon as it
- becomes available.
- Please refer to the file SYSOP.DOC for a suggested wording for a
- catalog entry.
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- I strongly recommend that you consider becoming an ASP approved
- vendor if you have not already done so. The ASP vendor program
- reduces the workload for both authors and vendors, and helps give
- customers confidence that reasonable standards are met in the
- distribution of shareware products. For more information on the
- ASP vendor program, contact the ASP at:
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- Association of Shareware Professionals
- Vendor Certification Committee
- P.O. Box 5786
- Bellevue, WA 98006
- U. S. A.
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- The right to withhold or withdraw permission to distribute
- BOOT.SYS from anyone at any time for any reason is explicitely
- reserved.
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- I realize that this policy creates additional paperwork for both
- you and me, but I believe that this is necessary to protect the
- unsuspecting buyers from unscrupulous individuals and ensure the
- continued growth of the shareware market, and I am looking
- forward to hearing from you.
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- Hans Salvisberg, Froeschmattstr. 40, CH-3018 Berne, SWITZERLAND
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- CompuServe: 73237,3556
- Internet: salvis@ahorn.iam.unibe.ch
- or 73237.3556@compuserve.com
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- P.S. A short text describing BOOT.SYS can be found at the end of
- the file SYSOP.DOC.