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- BOOT.SYS VENDOR.DOC Version 1.42
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- BOOT.SYS(tm) and the accompanying programs and documentation are
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- Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1991 Hans Salvisberg
- All rights reserved
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- This file provides information for disk vendors; any person or
- organization 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 user group libraries, but not public BBSes
- and non-profit user groups (see SYSOP.DOC).
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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 distrib-
- ute BOOT.SYS. Together with the permission you will get the cur-
- rent 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 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/service 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/while you are an Approved Vendor of the Association of Share-
- ware Professionals(R) (ASP) you have my permission to start dis-
- tributing 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 sug-
- gested wording for a catalog entry.
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- If you are not yet an ASP-approved vendor I strongly recommend
- that you consider applying for ASP Associated Vendor Member. The
- ASP vendor program reduces the workload for both authors and ven-
- dors, and helps give customers confidence that reasonable stan-
- dards 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
- 545 Grover Road
- Muskegon, MI 49442-9427
- 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 it is necessary to protect the
- unsuspecting buyers from unscrupulous individuals and to ensure
- the continued growth of the shareware market, and I am looking
- forward to hearing from you.
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- Hans Salvisberg, Bellevuestr. 18, CH-3095 Berne, SWITZERLAND
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- CompuServe: 73237,3556
- Internet: 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.
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