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- ^2@1 DEJA VU LICENSEWARE.@
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- [3^2Incorporating the Official AMOS PD Library.[0
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- ^7 Many budding programmers have asked how can they get a program into
- ^7the Licenseware collection. Most seem to think that they just need
- ^7to state that they have written the program for Licenseware.
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- ^1 Unfortunately, it doesn`t work like that. All programs that are
- ^1submitted to the^2[2 AMOS PD Library[0^1 are considered on merit. If they are
- ^1particularly outstanding then I will contact the programmer and offer
- ^1a Licenseware agreement. Occasionally a program may need minor
- ^1adjustments or improvements before I will accept it.
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- ^4 Presentation can go a long way towards getting a program accepted.
- ^4If I receive a disk accompanied by a well written letter and printed
- ^4program documentation I am more likely to put the program into the
- ^4computer when I get a few minutes to spare than if I receive a disk
- ^4with a covering note that explains nothing about the program. It is
- ^4also very useful to give a telephone number so that I can contact the
- ^4programmer more easily.
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- ^7 It is highly unlikely that a demo or music player will go into the
- ^7Licenseware. The most popular programs are games, utilities and
- ^7educational programs. The standard is very high and I reject many
- ^7more programs than I accept. Sometimes I suggest that a programmer
- ^7could try submitting his/her program into PD as shareware.
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- ^1 Another very important thing to consider is copyright problems. You
- ^1[4cannot[0 submit a program that is a direct conversion of a commercial
- ^1one. [5Nor can you use copyright characters[0 e.g. Mickey Mouse, Bart
- ^1Simpson and other well known characters. If you want to earn money
- ^1from[1 your[0 programs then they must be just that -[3^3YOUR[0^1 programs.
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- ^6 At the time of writing there are about forty titles in the Deja Vu
- ^6Software collection. They vary tremendously from software for
- ^6children both educational and just for fun, utilities which include
- ^6the[2 AMOS[0 Assembler, a technical drawing program, a screen dump
- ^6routine for[2 AMOS[0 users, a hard drive menu system (which wasn`t
- ^6written with[2 AMOS)[0 to various types of game. The collection has built
- ^6up a reputation for quality as the various reviews from different
- ^6magazines show.[2 It is vital to maintain this quality.[0
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- ^2 If a program is rejected I always give a reason. I don`t enjoy
- ^2rejecting them as I know that a lot of hard work and time have gone
- ^2into their production.
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- ^1 If you`ve had the misfortune to have a program rejected please don`t
- ^1be disheartened particularly if it`s the first program you have ever
- ^1written. There is an apprenticeship to be served in most jobs, once
- ^1you have served that apprenticeship then you will start to produce
- ^1software of a high enough standard to be accepted.
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- ^6 I am always happy to explain how the scheme itself works but I
- ^6prefer to do this by phone as letters tend to get put to one side
- ^6until all the orders have been filled.
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- ^6 I hope this small article has gone some way to explain how to
- ^6increase your chances of getting a program accepted into the Licensed
- ^6Software collection.
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- ^3Happy programming.
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- ^1{2Sandra Sharkey.{
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- ^7(alias Sandra Sharkley, Sandra Skarkey and Spandau Sparkley.)
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