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(Note: This has been changed, and hopefully clarified, from the 3.00
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version of this info. Please read it.)
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Thank you for acquiring a copy of XV, a pretty nifty X program.
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I hope you enjoy using it, as I've enjoyed writing it.
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The latest version of XV (or at least a pointer to it) is available
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via anonymous ftp on ftp.cis.upenn.edu, in the directory pub/xv. If
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you're not sure if you have the latest version, or you are missing the
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source or documentation for XV, PLEASE pick up the latest version of
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the xv distribution. Do *not* send mail unless absolutely necessary
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(ie, you don't have ftp capability).
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Note: The documentation ('xvdocs.ps') may be installed in '/usr/local'.
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If you're viewing this information via the 'About XV' command, and
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you'd like to print it out, a copy of this info can be found in the
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README file in the top-level XV source directory. Print that. If you
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don't have it, see the previous paragraph.
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XV Licensing Information
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XV IS SHAREWARE FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.
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You may use XV for your own amusement, and if you find it nifty,
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useful, generally cool, or of some value to you, your registration fee
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would be greatly appreciated. $25 is the standard registration fee,
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though of course, larger amounts are quite welcome. Folks who donate
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$40 or more can receive a printed, bound copy of the XV manual for no
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extra charge. If you want one, just ask. BE SURE TO SPECIFY THE
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VERSION OF XV THAT YOU ARE USING!
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COMMERCIAL, GOVERNMENT, AND INSTITUTIONAL USERS MUST REGISTER THEIR
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COPIES OF XV.
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This does *not* mean that you are required to register XV just because
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you play with it on the workstation in your office. This falls under
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the heading of 'personal use'. If you are a sysadmin, you can put XV
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up in a public directory for your users amusement. Again, 'personal
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use', albeit plural.
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On the other hand, if you use XV in the course of doing your work,
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whatever your 'work' may happen to be, you *must* register your
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copy of XV. (Note: If you are a student, and you use XV to do
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classwork or research, you should get your professor/teacher/advisor
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to purchase an appropriate number of copies.)
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XV licenses are $25 each. You should purchase one license per
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workstation, or one per XV user, whichever is the smaller number. XV
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is *not* sold on a 'number of concurrent users' basis. If XV was some
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$1000 program, yes, that would be a reasonable request, but at $25,
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it's not. Also, given that XV is completely unlocked, there is no way
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to enforce any 'number of concurrent users' limits, so it isn't sold
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that way.
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Printed and bound copies of the 100-odd page XV manual are available
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for $15 each. Note that manuals are *only* sold with, at minimum, an
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equal number of licenses. (e.g. if you purchase 5 licenses, you can
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also purchase *up to* 5 copies of the manual)
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The source code to the program can be had (as a compressed 'tar' file
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split over a couple 3.5" MS-DOS formatted floppies) for $15, for those
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who don't have ftp capabilities.
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Orders outside the US and Canada must add an additional $5 per manual
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ordered to cover the additional shipping charges.
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Checks, money orders, and purchase orders are accepted. Credit cards
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are not. All forms of payment must be payable in US Funds. Checks
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must be payable through a US bank (or a US branch of a non-US bank).
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Purchase orders for less than $50, while still accepted, are not
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encouraged.
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All payments should be payable to 'John Bradley', and mailed to:
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John Bradley
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1053 Floyd Terrace
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Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
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USA
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Site Licenses
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If you are planning to purchase 10 or more licenses, site licenses are
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available, at a substantial discount. Site licenses let you run XV on
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any and all computing equipment at the site, for any purpose
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whatsoever. The site license covers the current version of XV, and
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any versions released within one year of the licensing date. You are
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also allowed to duplicate and distribute an unlimited number of copies
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of the XV manual, but only for use within the site. Covered versions
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of the software may be run in perpetuity.
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Also, it should be noted that a 'site' can be defined as anything
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you'd like. It can be a physical location (a room, building,
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location, etc.), an organizational grouping (a workgroup, department,
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division, etc.) or any other logical grouping ("the seventeen
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technical writers scattered about our company", etc.).
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The site license cost will be based on your estimate of the number of
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XV users or workstations at your site, whichever is the smaller
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number.
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If you are interested in obtaining a site license, please contact the
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author via electronic mail or FAX (see below for details). Send
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information regarding your site (the name or definition of the 'site',
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a physical address, a fax number, and an estimate of the number of
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users or workstations), and we'll get a site license out to you for
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your examination.
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Copyright Notice
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XV is Copyright 1989, 1994 by John Bradley
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Permission to copy and distribute XV in its entirety, for
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non-commercial purposes, is hereby granted without fee, provided that
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this license information and copyright notice appear in all copies.
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If you redistribute XV, the *entire* contents of this distribution
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must be distributed, including the README, and INSTALL files, the
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sources, and the complete contents of the 'docs' directory.
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Note that distributing XV 'bundled' in with any product is considered
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to be a 'commercial purpose'.
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Also note that any copies of XV that are distributed MUST be built
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and/or configured to be in their 'unregistered copy' mode, so that it
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is made obvious to the user that XV is shareware, and that they should
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consider registering, or at least reading this information.
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The software may be modified for your own purposes, but modified
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versions may not be distributed without prior consent of the author.
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This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
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warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages
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arising from the use of this software.
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If you would like to do something with XV that this copyright
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prohibits (such as distributing it with a commercial product, using
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portions of the source in some other program, distributing registered
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copies, etc.), please contact the author (preferably via email).
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Arrangements can probably be worked out.
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The author may be contacted via:
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US Mail: John Bradley
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1053 Floyd Terrace
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Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
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FAX: (610) 520-2042
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Electronic Mail regarding XV should be sent to one of these three addresses:
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xv@devo.dccs.upenn.edu - general XV questions
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xvbiz@devo.dccs.upenn.edu - all XV licensing questions
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xvtech@devo.dccs.upenn.edu - bug reports, technical questions
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Please do *not* send electronic mail directly to the author, as he
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gets more than enough as it is.
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