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BOOT.SYS VENDOR.DOC Version 1.27
BOOT.SYS(tm) and the accompanying programs and documentation are
Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 Hans Salvisberg
All rights reserved
This file provides information for disk vendors; any person or
organisation 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 and non-profit user group libraries.
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 distri-
bute BOOT.SYS. Together with the permission you will get the
current version of BOOT.SYS and I will try to keep you up-to-date
if new versions are released.
To obtain this permission please send me 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 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.
If you are an Approved Vendor of the Association of Shareware
Professionals(R) (ASP) you have my permission to start distri-
buting 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 suggested wording for a
catalog entry.
I strongly recommend that you consider becoming an ASP approved
vendor if you have not already done so. The ASP vendor program
reduces the workload for both authors and vendors, and helps give
customers confidence that reasonable standards are met in the
distribution of shareware products. For more information on the
ASP vendor program, contact the ASP at:
Association of Shareware Professionals
Vendor Certification Committee
P.O. Box 5786
Bellevue, WA 98006
U. S. A.
The right to withhold or withdraw permission to distribute
BOOT.SYS from anyone at any time for any reason is explicitely
reserved.
I realize that this policy creates additional paperwork for both
you and me, but I believe that this is necessary to protect the
unsuspecting buyers from unscrupulous individuals and ensure the
continued growth of the shareware market, and I am looking
forward to hearing from you.
Hans Salvisberg, Froeschmattstr. 40, CH-3018 Berne, SWITZERLAND
CompuServe: 73237,3556
Internet: salvis@ahorn.iam.unibe.ch
or 73237.3556@compuserve.com
P.S. A short text describing BOOT.SYS can be found at the end of
the file SYSOP.DOC.