1(Note: This has been changed, and hopefully clarified, from the 3.00 2version of this info. Please read it.) 3 4Thank you for acquiring a copy of XV, a pretty nifty X program. 5I hope you enjoy using it, as I've enjoyed writing it. 6 7The latest version of XV (or at least a pointer to it) is available 8via anonymous ftp on ftp.cis.upenn.edu, in the directory pub/xv. If 9you're not sure if you have the latest version, or you are missing the 10source or documentation for XV, PLEASE pick up the latest version of 11the xv distribution. Do *not* send mail unless absolutely necessary 12(ie, you don't have ftp capability). 13 14Note: The documentation ('xvdocs.ps') may be installed in '/usr/local'. 15 16If you're viewing this information via the 'About XV' command, and 17you'd like to print it out, a copy of this info can be found in the 18README file in the top-level XV source directory. Print that. If you 19don't have it, see the previous paragraph. 20 21 22XV Licensing Information 23------------------------ 24XV IS SHAREWARE FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. 25 26You may use XV for your own amusement, and if you find it nifty, 27useful, generally cool, or of some value to you, your registration fee 28would be greatly appreciated. $25 is the standard registration fee, 29though of course, larger amounts are quite welcome. Folks who donate 30$40 or more can receive a printed, bound copy of the XV manual for no 31extra charge. If you want one, just ask. BE SURE TO SPECIFY THE 32VERSION OF XV THAT YOU ARE USING! 33 34COMMERCIAL, GOVERNMENT, AND INSTITUTIONAL USERS MUST REGISTER THEIR 35COPIES OF XV. 36 37This does *not* mean that you are required to register XV just because 38you play with it on the workstation in your office. This falls under 39the heading of 'personal use'. If you are a sysadmin, you can put XV 40up in a public directory for your users amusement. Again, 'personal 41use', albeit plural. 42 43On the other hand, if you use XV in the course of doing your work, 44whatever your 'work' may happen to be, you *must* register your 45copy of XV. (Note: If you are a student, and you use XV to do 46classwork or research, you should get your professor/teacher/advisor 47to purchase an appropriate number of copies.) 48 49XV licenses are $25 each. You should purchase one license per 50workstation, or one per XV user, whichever is the smaller number. XV 51is *not* sold on a 'number of concurrent users' basis. If XV was some 52$1000 program, yes, that would be a reasonable request, but at $25, 53it's not. Also, given that XV is completely unlocked, there is no way 54to enforce any 'number of concurrent users' limits, so it isn't sold 55that way. 56 57Printed and bound copies of the 100-odd page XV manual are available 58for $15 each. Note that manuals are *only* sold with, at minimum, an 59equal number of licenses. (e.g. if you purchase 5 licenses, you can 60also purchase *up to* 5 copies of the manual) 61 62The source code to the program can be had (as a compressed 'tar' file 63split over a couple 3.5" MS-DOS formatted floppies) for $15, for those 64who don't have ftp capabilities. 65 66Orders outside the US and Canada must add an additional $5 per manual 67ordered to cover the additional shipping charges. 68 69Checks, money orders, and purchase orders are accepted. Credit cards 70are not. All forms of payment must be payable in US Funds. Checks 71must be payable through a US bank (or a US branch of a non-US bank). 72Purchase orders for less than $50, while still accepted, are not 73encouraged. 74 75All payments should be payable to 'John Bradley', and mailed to: 76 John Bradley 77 1053 Floyd Terrace 78 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 79 USA 80 81 82Site Licenses 83------------- 84If you are planning to purchase 10 or more licenses, site licenses are 85available, at a substantial discount. Site licenses let you run XV on 86any and all computing equipment at the site, for any purpose 87whatsoever. The site license covers the current version of XV, and 88any versions released within one year of the licensing date. You are 89also allowed to duplicate and distribute an unlimited number of copies 90of the XV manual, but only for use within the site. Covered versions 91of the software may be run in perpetuity. 92 93Also, it should be noted that a 'site' can be defined as anything 94you'd like. It can be a physical location (a room, building, 95location, etc.), an organizational grouping (a workgroup, department, 96division, etc.) or any other logical grouping ("the seventeen 97technical writers scattered about our company", etc.). 98 99The site license cost will be based on your estimate of the number of 100XV users or workstations at your site, whichever is the smaller 101number. 102 103If you are interested in obtaining a site license, please contact the 104author via electronic mail or FAX (see below for details). Send 105information regarding your site (the name or definition of the 'site', 106a physical address, a fax number, and an estimate of the number of 107users or workstations), and we'll get a site license out to you for 108your examination. 109 110 111Copyright Notice 112---------------- 113XV is Copyright 1989, 1994 by John Bradley 114 115Permission to copy and distribute XV in its entirety, for 116non-commercial purposes, is hereby granted without fee, provided that 117this license information and copyright notice appear in all copies. 118 119If you redistribute XV, the *entire* contents of this distribution 120must be distributed, including the README, and INSTALL files, the 121sources, and the complete contents of the 'docs' directory. 122 123Note that distributing XV 'bundled' in with any product is considered 124to be a 'commercial purpose'. 125 126Also note that any copies of XV that are distributed MUST be built 127and/or configured to be in their 'unregistered copy' mode, so that it 128is made obvious to the user that XV is shareware, and that they should 129consider registering, or at least reading this information. 130 131The software may be modified for your own purposes, but modified 132versions may not be distributed without prior consent of the author. 133 134This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied 135warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages 136arising from the use of this software. 137 138If you would like to do something with XV that this copyright 139prohibits (such as distributing it with a commercial product, using 140portions of the source in some other program, distributing registered 141copies, etc.), please contact the author (preferably via email). 142Arrangements can probably be worked out. 143 144 145The author may be contacted via: 146 US Mail: John Bradley 147 1053 Floyd Terrace 148 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 149 150 FAX: (610) 520-2042 151 152Electronic Mail regarding XV should be sent to one of these three addresses: 153 xv@devo.dccs.upenn.edu - general XV questions 154 xvbiz@devo.dccs.upenn.edu - all XV licensing questions 155 xvtech@devo.dccs.upenn.edu - bug reports, technical questions 156 157Please do *not* send electronic mail directly to the author, as he 158gets more than enough as it is. 159 160 161