Tom Jennings Fido Software 164 Shipley San Francisco CA 94107 BBS: (415)-764-1629, 1:125/111, "Fido Software" This is the new (5 July 1989) software policy for theچ Fido/FidoNet package. Please read it carefully. First: Hobbyists run BBSs for their own personal reasons. Their BBS isچ not associated with their employer or any business. How they runچ their BBS is none of my business, ie. private, public,چ subscription or chattel slavery. Commercial users are companies, corporations, proprietorships orچ any other business entities that run a BBS, either publicly orچ privately, associated with their business. "Non-profit" and "notچ for profit" organizations are included in this category. And here's the deal: HOBBYISTS AND INDIVIDUALS: Fido/FidoNet is shareware; the latestچ version of the software, minus documentation, can always be foundچ on the Fido Software BBS. There is no downloadable documentation.چ (If you thought the version 11 docs were unwieldy ...) You mustچ register the software for $50; in return you will receive theچ latest version on diskette plus printed and bound documentation.چ If you later desire updates via diskette instead of download,چ updates cost $25 plus the original Fido Software diskette. COMMERCIAL USERS: Fido/FidoNet is a usual licensable product; theچ license fee is $175, as it has been for two years. You willچ receive the latest software version, complete documentation, andچ support via the Fido Software BBS and voice telephone. (This hasچ proved to be more than adequate for over two years.) Updates canچ be obtained by downloading, or via diskette for $25 plus theچ original Fido Software diskette or proof of purchase. BBS SYSTEM OPERATORS: Besides being a HOBBIEST as defined ablve,چ you may have the software available for download, as you wouldچ any other program. You may rearrange the archives, but pleaseچ keep READ.MEs and POLICY files, along with the basic files asچ supplied by Fido Software, together as a unit to avoid confusionچ frustration for all of us. SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTORS: Shareware distributors, clubs, etc: Pleaseچ order the complete package as a COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER; for smallچ hobbiest clubs, as a HOBBIEST OR INDIVIDUAL. This will assure youچ the latest correct and complete version, and the manual will helpچ your club members get things going easily. Such a deal. Look, I'mچ not getting rich off this (or even breaking even!) so let'sچ scratch each others backs, OK? Special arrangements can always be made on a case by case basis.چ In all cases, bugs are fixed promptly, as they have been for fiveچ years. This is basically the policy that was in force throughچ 1987. It worked pretty well, there were very few problems, andچ most of those were caused by my ambiguity.