OsoSoft Shareware Programs -- VENDOR INFORMATION Introduction The files in the OSOSOFT directory on this CD-ROM are the latest versions of several DOS and Windows 3.1 programs from OsoSoft. These files replace all previous versions of the same programs. Copyright Information All OsoSoft programs, shareware and freeware, are protected under the copyright laws of the United States and foreign countries. All rights are reserved to OsoSoft and George Campbell. Violations of copyright laws are investigated by the FBI. Distribution of OsoSoft products implies that you have read and agreed to the distribution terms described below. OsoSoft makes test orders from time to time to verify compliance with its distribution terms. Distributor Information and License Information The license information and distribution requirements in this document supercede all previous license statements. To continue to distribute OsoSoft products, you must adhere to the licensing and distribution requirements below. If you are a catalog-type mail order or BBS-type distributor of shareware software, you may distribute these programs as they are, without any changes other than expanding files contained in the ZIP archives. However, you have a responsibility to check from time to time, at a minimum interval of 6 months, for new versions of these programs, and to update your copies in a timely manner. OsoSoft will gladly send you a diskette containing the current versions on request, or you may download current versions from the OsoSoft BBS at the number listed below. You may not distribute any OsoSoft program as part of any commercial program or in conjunction with any collection of software of any kind without express written permission from OsoSoft. Special licenses are required for any bundling of OsoSoft products, whether freeware or shareware, with any other software or hardware. This does not prohibit including OsoSoft programs on individual disks containing other, clearly identified, shareware programs. However, it does prohibit including OsoSoft programs on multiple-diskette collections which include programs from other publishers, but sold at a single price. You must fully identify all OsoSoft programs in your advertising, by the program's full name and version, and indicate the registration fee in the program description. The word OsoSoft must appear in all program descriptions. Within 30 days of the reciept of this disk, you must replace all older versions of all programs contained on this disk. You may not distribute older versions of OsoSoft programs under any circumstances after that period. Please check your catalog for previous versions of these programs and replace them with the current version. Shareware Disclosure Required All advertising and packaging information including references to OsoSoft products must contain a statement explaining the shareware concept. Specifically, that statement must explain that shareware software MUST be registered by the user, after a trial period, by paying a registration fee, and that all monies paid for the shareware version are duplication and distribution charges only. The declaration specified by the Association of Shareware Professionals is a good model. All such statements must be clearly displayed in a position where they are likely to be read by potential customers. Retail Rack and CD-ROM Distribution If you distribute shareware in a retail setting in racks, store displays, vending machines, at computer fairs, or in any way other than normal BBS or catalog-based sales, you must contact OsoSoft for permission to distribute any OsoSoft program. Rack or retail-like sales require a special distribution license, normally requiring royalties paid to OsoSoft. If you distribute shareware on CD-ROM disks, you must also contact OsoSoft before including any OsoSoft shareware program on a CD-ROM disk. Normally, permission is granted, but current versions must be included and all old versions of any OsoSoft program removed from any CD-ROM disk containing OsoSoft products. VBRUN200.DLL All Windows 3.1 programs on this diskette require the VBRUN200.DLL library from Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0. That file is part of the distribution package for all OsoSoft programs for MicroSoft Windows. If you distribute these programs, you MUST make this file readily available to your customers, either on the diskette containing any OsoSoft program requiring that file, or in another way convenient to the end user. By convenient, OsoSoft means that no user should have to purchase another diskette to try any OsoSoft program. INSTALLATION FROM CD-ROM DISKETTE OsoSoft programs for Windows cannot be run from this CD-ROM disk, but must be installed on a hard disk using the instructions in each program's manual. Since each program writes data into its own directory, attempts to run the program from the CD-ROM disk will cause an error. PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS You can find descriptions of major OsoSoft programs on this disk in the PROGINFO.TXT or PROGINFO.WRI files, and in the brochure enclosed. You may use these descriptions, editing them to the length required for your marketing efforts. However, you MUST include the word OsoSoft, the program name, version number, and system requirements information with all descriptions to avoid customer confusion. NOTE: You may NOT include the voice telephone number for OsoSoft in any materials used in your catalog or on disks containing shareware versions of OsoSoft programs. Voice support is available ONLY for REGISTERED users. Contacting OsoSoft You may contact OsoSoft at any of the following locations: OsoSoft 1472 Sixth Street Los Osos, CA 93402 Voice: (805) 528-1759 Fax: (805) 528-3074 OsoSoft BBS: (805) 528-3753 300-14400 bps, 8/N/1 CompuServe ID: 71571,222