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From: labben@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Bodin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: What Files can I use? (HELP)
Message-ID: <1990Nov21.192721.12580@iesd.auc.dk>
Date: 21 Nov 90 19:27:21 GMT
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Organization: Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Aalborg
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Thanks to all who responded on my request. Here is a summary of the
answers I have gotten:

If you want to release a program, which depends on certain Workbench/Extra
files, you might want to include them on your disk. This way the user wont
have to start his/hers Workbench in order to load your program.

Only problem is: You need to get a Workbench licence:

> You may not distribute any programs from Workbench without a Workbench
> license.  Workbench licenses are $100 US per year, good for all of your
> products.  The license describes exactly what copyrights and trademarks
> you must have in your docs and on your disk label, and also what
> user licensing and disclaimers you must have to distribute our
> copyrighted software.  The license also describes which files you
> may and may not distribute (there are some third-party contracted items
> on Workbench which Commodore is not allowed to sub-license).
>
> If you want to get a Workbench license, contact your local Amiga developer
> support organization.  If you have none, then email uunet!cbmvax!leslie
> your paper mail address and request either 1.3 or 2.0 Workbench License forms
> (depending on whether you want to distribute filesfrom 1.3 or 2.0
> Workbench).
>
> Carolyn Scheppner
> Technical Manager
> CATS US

If you can not afford to pay this kind of money, you could make an 
installation-script/program which copies the necessary files from the 
users Workbench to the program-disk. In order to make the program 
compatible with both 1.3 and 2.0 your script should look like this:

> version >NIL: version.library 36
> IF WARN
> ; do the 1.3 installation
> ELSE
> ;do the 2.0 installation
> ENDIF

(To Carolyn Scheppner: Hope you don't mind I copied your mail)

When you write the script, remember that some users have only one disk
drive and 512K.

If you have any further questions, try reading the previous articles or
e-mail me.

AMIGA  //     Lars Bodin
      //      Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, 
   \\//       University of Aalborg (AUC)
    \/        E-mail: labben@iesd.auc.dk
 



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AMIGA  //     Lars Bodin
      //      Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, 
   \\//       University of Aalborg (AUC)