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TF01 3,DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION 4,Revision 5.4 Unlike most other disk-mags, THE FINAL FRONTIER is NOT Public Domain. However, the disks are freely distributable, as long as the following conditions are observed (these apply as from January 1993). 1. This mag MUST be distributed in it's entirety - no files, software, art or music must appear on disk magazines, compilations, magazine cover-disks, slideshows, animation disks, music collections or ANY other form of software without prior WRITTEN permission. 2. All the disks for each issue must be distributed together, i.e. Issue 1 must be spread as a two-disk set and NOT as single disks. 3. The mag must not be distributed in any form, altered or otherwise, other than those released by INFINITE FRONTIERS (apart from Issue 2 which was released under the "Power House" banner). Consider ALL other versions as PIRATE copies and they should be avoided at all costs. Distribution on Bulletin Boards is permitted as long as ALL the files/disk structure remains intact. However, this magazine must NOT be uploaded to any bulletin boards run by the demo group, Power House. 4. The magazine must NOT be converted to any other computer or released as a paper zine without WRITTEN permission. If you do so without our permission, you are breaking the law and we will be forced to take legal action. 5. ALL the files on this magazine are copyright of INFINITE FRONTIERS and/or their respective authors. If you wish to use any of the art, music or articles etc. on any of your own disks or in any traditional paper fanzines, you must first obtain WRITTEN permission from INFINITE FRONTIERS. Please note that we ARE interested in allowing paper zines to reprint some material, possibly in the form of an article exchange system where you get some of our articles and we get some of yours! 6. The disks may NOT be distributed by the following PD libraries:- 3RD BASE PD - We have heard that your collection was established through theft and fraud. PD SOFT - Issue 1 stated quite clearly that it must not be sold for more than £2 a disk, but you still decided to ignore our restrictions and you sold the magazine for £2.50 a disk. You are, therefore, BANNED from selling all issues of THE FINAL FRONTIER, past, present and future and any other productions of INFINITE FRONTIERS. If you run any of the above and you would like to distribute this disk, contact me at the address below and maybe we can come to some arrangement. 7. PD Libraries: ------------- As of Issue 4, we changed the way in which THE FINAL FRONTIER can be distributed by PD libraries, namely, there are different restrictions for each issue as follows: Issue 1 ------- This may be sold by any library as long as no more than £2 is charged per disk (inc. P&P) or no more than £1.50 in shops that sell PD or the equivalent in other currencies, the library is NOT on our "banned" list, all conditions listed above (1-6) are followed) AND that you send a copy of your catalogue/catalogue disk to us when you have added a description of THE FINAL FRONTIER to it. If you normally charge more than £2 per disk (£1.50 for shops) and would like to distribute this, please contact us first. We may want to operate a Licenceware-type scheme, similar to the one we use for issue 4 onwards. Issue 2 ------- The restrictions that apply to Issue 1 also apply to Issue 2. However, no library/shop may sell this issue unless they have purchased a copy of THE FINAL FRONTIER direct from the producers (for prices/ordering info, see the INFINITE FRONTIERS MAIL ORDER section) or they must have been sent a copy direct by the editor, Simon Plumbe. NO other member of INFINITE FRONTIERS can grant distribution rights to PD stockists. Issue 3 ------- The same as Issue 2. Issue 4 onwards --------------- From issue 4 onwards, TFF may not be sold by PD libraries/shops unless they are sold with our own custom "THE FINAL FRONTIER" disk labels on them. The price you sell TFF for will be entirely up to you, as long as one of our labels is attached to EACH disk. The labels are available from us for only £0.30 each, but we do ask that you must order a MINIMUM of TEN labels at a time (due to postage costs). By using this system (devised by Bjørn Lynne for his mag, AM/FM) we will receive a small income for EVERY copy of TFF sold, no matter who sells it. This way, it will help us to continue producing TFF for as long as possible without entering a state of financial ruin! Also, any libraries who end up stocking TFF #4 onwards will also be allowed to make profit on every issue they sell. Please note that when you contact us to order labels, we would like to know how much you intend to sell TFF for, and how much you charge for "normal" PD disks (this won't affect our decision on whether to allow you to stock TFF though). Also, please state that you are ordering labels for use in your library, as we are also considering allowing readers to buy labels for their own personal copies of TFF. As far as obtaining an "original" copy of TFF, all dealers AUTHORISED to sell issues 4 onwards will receive all future issues free of charge as they are released. However, we do ask that you must still PURCHASE a copy of the current and any back issues you need direct from us at our usual prices (see the mail order section). However, all these originals will be customised to feature the name of your library on the opening copyright screen. However, all the above conditions (1-6) must be adhered to and we will still expect copies of your current catalogue disk featuring the relevant issues of THE FINAL FRONTIER. 8. Official Stockists As of 31st May 1994, the following companies (covering 5 different countries) are authorised to sell THE FINAL FRONTIER Issues 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (as stated above, most PD libraries can sell Issue 1 - however, libraries that we are aware of are listed below in alphabetical order): * 17-Bit Software 1st Floor 2/8 Market Street Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 1DH ENGLAND * Adventurer's And Strategy Club c/o Gary Dellar 12 Austin Court Sunbury 3429 Victoria AUSTRALIA * BTK 7 Callander Road Catford London SE6 2QA ENGLAND * Central European PD Service c/o Michael Henriksen Aadalsparken 12 DK-8370 Hadsten DENMARK * Computer Man 611 Beaufort Street Mount Lawley Perth 6050 AUSTRALIA * Computer Studio Ltd 3019-3021 Street N.E. Calgary Alberta T2E 7T1 CANADA * Cynostic Office 01 New Enterprise Centre Little Heath Industrial Estate Old Church Road Coventry CV6 7NB ENGLAND * Ground Zero 4 Chandos Road Redland Bristol BS6 6PE ENGLAND * GVB-PD (Issues 1 and 3 only) 43 Badger Close Maidenhead Berks SL6 2TE ENGLAND * Highland PD (Issue 1 only) 1 Whin Park Muirtown Inverness IV3 6NQ SCOTLAND * Hornesoft PD 23 Stanwell Close Wincobank Sheffield S9 1PZ ENGLAND * Jorvik PD 22 Hemlock Avenue Huntingdon York YO3 9DG ENGLAND * Luton PD Richard Davies 34 Ackworth Crescent Leagrave Luton LU4 9HZ ENGLAND * Mr Disk (Direct shop sales) 8 Smallbrook Queensway Birmingham B5 4EN ENGLAND * Prodisc PD (First 3 Issues only) Unit 44 In Shops Market Centre Bristol Road South Northfield Birmingham B31 2PA ENGLAND * Softler Software Box 242 S-123 02 Bandhagen SWEDEN * Strictly PD 11 York Place Brandon Hill Hotwells Bristol BS1 5UT ENGLAND * Telescan Computer Services PO Box 1 Thornton-Cleveleys Lancs FY5 1SH ENGLAND Please note that the first three Issues of THE FINAL FRONTIER may only be sold with the custom TFF disk labels by ourselves, INFINITE FRONTIERS, CYNOSTIC PD, CENTRAL EUROPEAN PD SERVICE, BTK and TELESCAN. If any other libraries wish to do so, please contact us first. In the case of the shop sales, they purchase their sale copies direct from us and therefore every issue is sold with TFF labels. If you have purchased a copy of THE FINAL FRONTIER from a PD library that is NOT on the above list, please let us know. It may be as simple as that the library in question hasn't been added to the list yet. However, if there are any unauthorised libraries selling TFF, we want to know, so we can stop you, the reader, from being ripped off. 9. Stockists Wanted! Although we do have a number of libraries selling TFF, we want and need more stockists. We are looking for libraries/ individuals/shops etc. all over the world, but we would especially like to hear from any European dealers or any others from Australia/New Zealand. Get in touch with us at the address at the end of this file. If you have any queries about the above, then write to:- INFINITE FRONTIERS P.O. Box 8966 Great Barr Birmingham B43 5ST ENGLAND NOTE: ----- We reserve the right to prevent any individual PD libraries from distributing this disk at any time - see list above (item 6).