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- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 94 12:12 BST-1
- From: jconnor@cix.compulink.co.uk (Joe Connor)
- Subject: Re: Digest
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
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-
- Mark:
- >Certainly commercial software developers should pay, freeware authors should
- >not be forced to pay but treated as end users. I will be paying at least the
- >minimum but if I were forced to then I would not support it at all.
-
- That's great, and the English version is RSN! :-)
- Here's the Fairware blurb I just translated to settle this once and for
- all!:
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Extract from ST-Guide STG file:
- ===========================================================================
- This hypertext system is Fairware, i.e. it can be used by anyone
- without cost and may be passed on to anyone, on the understanding that
- distribution is free of charge. Regular users should contribute
- a donation to ensure the continued development of the system.
-
- ST-Guide may be included along with any other program packages,
- irrespective of whether they are Commercial or Shareware without a
- licence fee becoming payable. I would however appreciate some
- recognition for my efforts and these are my suggestions:
-
- a) A reference that ST-Guide is Fairware and programmed and
- available from me, Holger Weets.
- b) You send me a disk containing your program and the corresponding
- hypertext.
-
- In return for your support we can monitor the spread and of ST-Guide and
- provide you with infomation on updates as they become available.
-
- Since the main purpose of ST-Guide is for writing documentation for
- other programs, it may be distributed in two forms:
-
- 1) Complete, the entire package with all the files belonging to it.
- This is the preferred method, even if the distribution is within
- another program package.
-
- 2) Just the viewer and the documentation, if the distribution is
- within another program package AND if the documentation
- for that program is also included in ST-Guide format.
-
- Contributions:
- This program package is the result of a great deal of work. We
- have nevertheless decided to publish it as Fairware to make it
- possible for anyone to write documentation for their programs
- with it. But it would only be fair if users would send us a small
- donation as an acknowledgement for our work.
- Although it's not a requirement, it will however motivate us to
- continue working on this project to add the enhancements and
- features you request.
-
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- Any suggestions gratefully recieved by PERSONAL Email before this gets set
- in stone?
-
- The new version will hopefully be up on: micros@hensa.ac.uk in about a week
- but I need to get the latest version to Holger for checking by snail mail
- first :-(
-
- [FX light bulb illuminates above head]
-
- Is there anyone who could get the archive to Holger quicker?
- Someone with Internet access and also able to drop it in his Maus mailbox
- (or send him a disk from inside Germany? That could save a almost a week!
- I have a few loose ends to finish up we have a day or two to come up with
- a faster route, answers on a postcard direct to me please!
-
- Joe
-
- jconnor@cix.compulink.co.uk
-
-