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- WinZip(R) version 5.5a
- Copyright (C) 1991-1994 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- This file provides information for Shareware Distributors and Disk Vendors
- who wish to distribute the WinZip 5.5 package, including an extract from
- the license agreement and suggested program descriptions and keywords.
-
- Distribution
-
- The complete license agreement is contained in the file LICENSE.TXT.
-
- The following paragraph is an extract from the license agreement
- regarding the distribution of the Shareware version of WinZip:
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- You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting
- donations, for any such copies, however made; and from distributing
- the software and/or documentation with other products (commercial or
- otherwise) without prior written permission, with one exception:
- --> Disk Vendors approved by the Association of Shareware Professionals
- --> are permitted to redistribute WinZip, subject to the conditions in
- --> this license, without specific written permission.
-
- Suggested One Line Program Description:
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- Archive utility w/built-in ZIP lets you install/try/uninstall other ZIP files
-
- Suggested Keywords:
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- ASP WinZip Windows ZIP UNZIP Drag Drop Install Uninstall Archive Utility
- Shareware Virus Scan ARJ LZH SFX ARC
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- Suggested Description
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- WinZip brings the convenience of Windows to the use of ZIP files.
- Includes PKZIP-compatible built-in zip and unzip, so PKZIP is not needed
- for basic archive operations.
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- New in version 5.5 is the ability to install, try, and UNINSTALL
- software distributed in ZIP files. This feature runs the install
- program in a ZIP, gives you a chance to try the program, and OPTIONALLY
- deletes any new files, icons, program groups, and restores any altered
- INI files.
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- WinZip includes a powerful yet intuitive point-and-click drag-and-drop
- interface for viewing, running, extracting, adding, deleting, and
- testing files in ZIP, LZH, and ARC files, including self extracting
- archives. Optional virus scanning support is included.
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- Other Information
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- Requirements: Windows 3.1 or later. No other programs are are required
- for basic ZIP operations. Optional features require
- external programs, including the shareware PKZIP/PKUNZIP
- product from PKWARE, Inc. or ARJ from Robert Jung or
- LHA.EXE from Haruyasu Yoshizaki. WinZip interfaces to
- several programs to access ARC files and optionally runs
- most virus scanning utilities, including Windows-based
- virus scanners.
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- Registration: $29 (includes shipping) to receive disk with latest version
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- Author: Nico Mak Computing, Inc, P.O. Box 919 Bristol, CT 06011 USA
-