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- OsoSoft Shareware Programs -- VENDOR INFORMATION
-
- Introduction
-
- The files on this diskette or in this ZIP file are the latest
- versions of one or more programs from OsoSoft. These files
- replace all previous versions of the same program or programs.
-
- Association of Shareware Professionals
-
- OsoSoft is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
- and of the Software Publishers Association. Both of these
- organizations set standards for their members, and OsoSoft adheres
- to all those standards.
-
- Copyright Information
-
- All OsoSoft programs, shareware and freeware, are protected under
- the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. All
- rights are reserved by OsoSoft and George Campbell. Violations of
- copyright laws are investigated by the FBI. Distribution of
- OsoSoft products implies that you have read and agreed to the
- distribution terms described below. OsoSoft makes test orders from
- time to time to verify compliance with its distribution terms.
-
- Distributor Information and License Information
-
- The license information and distribution requirements in this
- document supercede all previous license statements. To continue
- to distribute OsoSoft products, you must adhere to the licensing
- and distribution requirements below.
-
- If you are a mail order or online distributor of shareware
- software, you may distribute these programs as they are, without
- any changes other than expanding files contained in the ZIP
- archives. However, you have a responsibility to check from time to
- time, at a minimum interval of 6 months, for new versions of these
- programs, and to update your copies in a timely manner. OsoSoft
- will gladly send you a diskette containing the current versions
- on request, or you may download current versions from the OsoSoft
- BBS at the number listed below, or from the OsoSoft support
- section on CompuServe (GO OSOSOFT).
-
- You may not distribute any OsoSoft program as part of any
- commercial program or in conjunction with any collection of
- non-shareware software of any kind without express written
- permission from OsoSoft. Special licenses are required for any
- bundling of OsoSoft products, whether freeware or shareware, with
- any other software or hardware. This does not prohibit including
- OsoSoft programs on individual disks containing other, clearly
- identified, shareware, freeware or public domain programs.
- However, it does specifically prohibit including OsoSoft programs
- on multiple-diskette collections which include commercial programs
- from other publishers, but sold at a single price.
-
- You must fully identify all OsoSoft programs in your advertising,
- by the program's full name and version number, and indicate the
- registration fee in the program description. Hardware requirements
- must also appear in all advertising to prevent end-user confusion.
- The word OsoSoft must appear in all program descriptions.
-
- Within 30 days of the receipt of an updated version of an OsoSoft
- program, you must replace all older versions of that program.
- You may not distribute older versions of OsoSoft programs under
- any circumstances after that period. Please check your catalogs for
- previous versions of these programs and replace them with the
- current version.
-
- Shareware Disclosure Required
-
- All advertising and packaging information including references to
- OsoSoft products must contain a statement explaining the shareware
- concept. Specifically, that statement must explain that shareware
- software MUST be registered and be paid for by the user, after
- a trial period, and that all monies paid for the shareware
- version are duplication and distribution charges only. The
- declaration specified by the Association of Shareware
- Professionals is a good model. All such statements must be in
- readable type and clearly displayed in a position where they
- are likely to be read by potential customers.
-
- Retail Rack and CD-ROM Distribution
-
- If you distribute shareware in a retail setting in racks, store
- displays, vending machines, or in any way other than normal BBS or
- catalog-based sales, you must contact OsoSoft for permission to
- distribute any OsoSoft program. Rack or retail-like sales require a
- special distribution license, normally requiring royalties paid to
- OsoSoft. If you distribute shareware on CD-ROM disks, you must also
- contact OsoSoft before including any OsoSoft shareware program on a
- CD-ROM disk. Normally, permission is granted, but current versions
- must be included and all old versions of any OsoSoft program
- removed from any CD-ROM disk containing OsoSoft products.
-
- VBRUN300.DLL
-
- All Windows programs on this diskette require the
- VBRUN300.DLL library from Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0. That file
- is part of the distribution package for all OsoSoft programs for
- MicroSoft Windows. If you distribute these programs, you MUST
- make this file readily available to your customers, either on the
- diskette containing any OsoSoft program requiring that file, or
- in another way convenient to the end user. By convenient, OsoSoft
- means that no user should have to purchase another diskette to
- try any OsoSoft program.
-
- PRICE LIMITS
-
- Vendors distributing OsoSoft products may not charge a fee higher
- than $8 for the distribution of any single OsoSoft program, nor
- more than $15 for the distribution of any number of OsoSoft
- programs.
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
-
- You can find descriptions of all programs on this disk in the
- FILE_ID.DIZ, in the program's documentation, or in the OsoSoft
- brochure, if enclosed. You may use these descriptions, editing
- them to the length required for your marketing efforts.
- However, you MUST include the word OsoSoft, the program name,
- version number, and system requirements information with all
- descriptions to avoid customer confusion.
-
- NOTE: You may include the voice telephone number for OsoSoft
- in any materials used in your catalog or on disks containing
- shareware versions of OsoSoft programs. You should include a
- note, however, that the number is for Orders Only. Voice
- support is available ONLY for REGISTERED users.
-
- DISCONTINUATION OF THIS LICENCE AGREEMENT
-
- At any time, if OsoSoft determines that the terms of this
- agreement are not being met or that a vendor is violating the
- spirit of this agreement, OsoSoft will contact the vendor in
- writing, discontinuing that vendor's licence to distribute
- this or other OsoSoft programs. After receipt of that
- notification, the vendor must immediately cease and desist
- from further distribution of the program or programs. If the
- problem is corrected to OsoSoft's satisfaction, distribution
- may then resume.
-
- Contacting OsoSoft
-
- You may contact OsoSoft at any of the following locations:
-
- OsoSoft
- 1472 Sixth Street
- Los Osos, CA 93402
- Voice: (805) 528-1759
- Fax: (805) 528-3074
- OsoSoft BBS: (805) 528-3753 300-14400 bps, 8/N/1
- CompuServe ID: 71571,222
- Or GO OSOSOFT on CompuServe