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From: loafman@convexe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Shareware legal at work
Message-ID: <63200031@convexe>
Date: 17 Feb 88 16:37:00 GMT
References: <4330033@hpindda.HP.COM>
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Nf-From: convexe.UUCP!loafman    Feb 17 10:37:00 1988



>My company has established rules for the use of software on PCs
>that requires a master disc (i.e., the officially labeled
>distribution discs that come with commercial software) for all
>software on the PC.  I have been informed verbally that an
>official registration number on something like company letterhead
>stationary may suffice, but this is not in the written guidelines.
>Any software that displays a copyright notice when run requires
>such proof of legality.

A great many Shareware authors will provide you with an official
looking disk, registration numbers, and so forth.  AutoMenu comes to
mind first on that list, followed by the ButtonWare products and
various other major players.  Every package I've registered so far has
at least provided me with a nicely labeled disk that looks quite
official, some with multi-colored logos, some just with printer
generated logos, none done by hand.  

With some shareware site licences the owner is provided with a set of
labels to make their own disks after customization is done.  Some of
the corporate accounts like to set up the various options in a
standard manner rather than letting each user do their own.

If that's not enough to satisfy the legal beagles then I suggest they
change the positioning of their head.  I've heard that such stretching
is hard on the back.

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