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1. Notes and observations ...
2. Vendor obligations and author requirements !?
3. Addresses and names
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PKWare
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... seems never to release the ZIP version 2.0! In spite of many promises no
news about this version which was to be released a year ago and so the 1.10
must hold the castle for a while yet!
In spite of my admiration for ZIP 1.10 there must be some limits for how long
it can hold out while the competitors LHA and ARJ get better and better.
The solution of many to update to the ß-version 1.93a I understand even if I
don't have to like it !!!
ID Software & Apogee ???
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... it seems that ID are looking for other possibilities than marketing
through Apogee with KEEN's DREAMS and SPEAR of Destiny !!!!
One cannot help wonder if Apogee has lost one of it's firm bases ???
Or are ID just looking for other ways in marketing ?
F-PROT
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Commercial users should consult the docs for info about registration as Frisk
Software continues to translate the program into more and more native langua-
ges. After translation the COMMERCIAL use is not allowed for the english ver-
sion ... and the NSV version must be bought from the local distributor ...
(My personal fears about this ? ... that the program updates will be so expen-
sive that too many users will NOT update often enough ...
-nb
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About vendor obligations and author requirements:
... some authors sharpens their requirements for vendor distribution even if
I fail to see the reson why !? Of cause vendors are (almost) as different as
the authors but even I must admit that most vendors hold the shareware prin-
ciple high and that there are very few bad apples in the basket!
But if it in this case is connected with missing registrations THIS author
should do a couple of other things instead of blaming the vendors:
1. make a better program
2. make the program more affordable (lower prises)
3. make better PR for his application via the docs and program notices ...
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│ ... Public Domain Disk Vendors May NOT CHARGE a fee for XXXXXX XXX │
│ itself. However you may include XXXXXX XXX on a diskette or other │
│ media for which you charge a nominal distribution fee as long as the │
│ conditions below are met. │
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│ 1. Notify purchaser of said media prior to accepting payment that the │
│ fee paid to acquire the media does NOT IN ANY WAY relieve purchaser │
│ from their contractual obgliation to purchase XXXXXX XXX if │
│ purchaser uses XXXXXX XXX beyond the 14 day evaluation period. │
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│ 2. The above statement MUST be printed on a label, or other form of │
│ identification, that is DIRECTLY attached to the media being distributed │
│ by ANY Public Domain or Shareware Disk Vendor without exception! .... │
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... as far as I can see this will inhibit many vendors from distributing the
program!
I'll try to explain: in all my writings (catalogue, ShareWare-bladet etc.)
I of cause explain in general about the shareware principle, gives info about
how to register etc. and try to state the status of eah single program - but
the thousands of authors have NOT all defined shareware in exactly the same
way and dam...!
... if I will print extra thousands of labels for each and one of almost 5000
applications with sometimes up to 10 different applications on a disk (besi-
des: wouldn't it look nice with 10 extra labels each with such different no-
tices ???
Prime example of an author who tries to unload his own obligation: notifying
upon how HE HIMSELF should inform the user of his program status. This ought
in my opinion be written directly in the docs ...
I have now been an ASP vendor for two year exactly for avoiding such time
waste as above requirements! Need I say that above program was NOT accepted
for distribution and that other programs from same author was removed from
my library immediately ...
-nb
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* ASP-member/autor COMMON SENSE SOFTWARE with FTP and CSS DESKTOP UTILS pro-
grams has changed address to Box 50941, Indianapolis, Indiana.
* ASP-member/author EASTERN MOUNTAIN SOFTWARE with WINPOST has changed address
to Box 6394, Bellevue, Washington.
* ASP-member Louis M Miranda with JEPRS har moved to 400 Selby Avenue #301,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
* Moon Vally Software with ZIP MANAGER, MONITOR SAVER, 3D-FASTCHART, ICONTAMER
and GRABIT PRO has changed name to: SOFTWARE EXCELLENCE PER DESIGN.
Address unchanged (but GRABIT has changed to GRABIT PRO)!
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