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| 3 | PyKota - Print Quota for CUPS |
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| 5 | (c) 2003 Jerome Alet <alet@librelogiciel.com> |
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| 6 | You're welcome to redistribute this software under the |
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| 7 | terms of the GNU General Public Licence version 2.0 |
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| 8 | or, at your option, any higher version. |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | You can read the complete GNU GPL in the file COPYING |
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| 11 | which should come along with this software, or visit |
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| 12 | the Free Software Foundation's WEB site http://www.fsf.org |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | ============================================================ |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | * PyKota is distributed under the GNU General Public License |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | * You can access to PyKota's source code by using CVS from : |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pykota/ |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | Follow the "CVS Repository" link then follow the instructions in |
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| 23 | the section labeled "Getting a Copy of the CVS Repository". |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | * The CVS version will always be labelled as **unofficial** and the |
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| 26 | word **unofficial** will appear whenever you run PyKota command line |
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| 27 | tools with the *--version* command line argument. |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | * I ask you to not label or present a version of PyKota downloaded |
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| 30 | from CVS as being the 'OFFICIAL' one. |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | * I encourage you to buy an 'OFFICIAL' PyKota package. See below for |
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| 33 | the benefits of doing so. |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | * A PyKota version obtained either from CVS (unofficial) or by |
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| 36 | purchasing an official package, **IS FREELY REDISTRIBUTABLE AND |
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| 37 | MODIFIABLE, AT NO COST, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC |
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| 38 | LICENSE.** |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | * Version number excepted, **THERE'S NO SOURCE CODE DIFFERENCE |
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| 41 | BETWEEN 'OFFICIAL' AND 'UNOFFICIAL' VERSIONS OF PyKota.** However it |
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| 42 | should be clear to you that the latest version you can find in CVS |
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| 43 | may be somewhat unstable or unfinished, since this software is a |
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| 44 | work in progress, and that it's up to you to download working |
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| 45 | revisions from the CVS tree. That's why I suggest that you purchase |
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| 46 | an **'OFFICIAL'** version, because it will be simpler for you (and |
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| 47 | better for me). Also the documentation included in the |
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| 48 | **'UNOFFICIAL'** version is only delivered in DocBook XML/SGML |
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| 49 | source form, and not in compiled forms like HTML or PDF. |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | * You can obtain an **'OFFICIAL'** version of PyKota in two forms : |
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| 52 | |
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| 53 | * Electronic form : |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | * You pay me any amount of money starting at **15$ (US Dollars)** |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | * Then I send you the latest **PyKota 'OFFICIAL'** tarball, |
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| 58 | including the latest version of the electronic documentation in |
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| 59 | SGML, HTML and PDF formats, by email. |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | * CDROM + Paper documentation *(not yet available, documentation |
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| 62 | still under works)* : |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | * You pay me any amount of money starting at **30$ (US Dollars)** |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | * Then I send you the latest **PyKota 'OFFICIAL'** tarball, |
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| 67 | including the latest version of the electronic documentation in |
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| 68 | SGML, HTML and PDF formats, on CDROM, accompanied with the latest |
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| 69 | version of the printed documentation. No additionnal shipping costs |
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| 70 | will be asked to you, unless you require a specific delivery mode. |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | * The "purchase":/software/PyKota/Purchase of an **'OFFICIAL'** |
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| 73 | version also allows you to : |
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| 74 | |
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| 75 | * Modify or redistribute the **'OFFICIAL'** version you purchased, |
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| 76 | under the terms of the GNU General Public License of the Free |
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| 77 | Software Foundation. I just ask you to remove the 'OFFICIAL' word |
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| 78 | from the version number if you redistribute a modified official |
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| 79 | version. |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | * Obtain free technical support for a year starting at your purchase |
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| 82 | date : This includes bug fixes and new official versions, as well as |
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| 83 | priority email support. |
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| 84 | |
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| 85 | * Obtain half of **your money back** in case you contribute source |
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| 86 | code or documentation which I accept in the source tree. If you're a |
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| 87 | motivated developper, you've got strong chances to get half of your |
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| 88 | money back. *NB : You will have to send me a signed copyright |
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| 89 | assignment on paper in order for me to be able to accept your |
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| 90 | patches on PyKota.* |
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| 91 | |
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| 92 | * By purchasing an official package, your karma will also be better. |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | I sincerely hope that you will find this proposition as fair as I do |
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| 95 | think it is. |
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