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This package was debianized by Peter Hawkins <peterh@debian.org> on
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:47:59 +1100.

It was downloaded from:
http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/PyKota/Presentation/action_Presentation
(CVS snapshot)

Upstream Authors: Jeroma Alet <alet@librelogiciel.com>

Copyright:
(c) 2003-2004 Jerome Alet <alet@librelogiciel.com>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with
your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or with
the Debian GNU/Linux pykota source package as the file COPYING.  If not,
write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.


The file LICENSE in the source tree contains the instructions which are
included below.
The author's wishes do not make the software DFSG non-free, since the
official/non-official distinction is a request, not a requirement. That said,
the debian package complies with the author's wishes and is labelled as
unofficial; I encourage you to support free software and buy an official
version if pykota turns out to be useful for you.

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Download :

  * PyKota is distributed under the "GNU General Public License":/GPL

  * You can access to PyKota's source code by using CVS from :
  
      "http://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=pykota":http://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=pykota

    Then follow the instructions in the section labeled "Getting a Copy of the CVS Repository". 

  * Clients who purchased an **Official PyKota Package** can directly access to "the tarballs HERE":/software/PyKota/tarballs .
               
Why no tarball is available for free :

  * The CVS version will always be labelled as **unofficial** and the word **unofficial**
    will appear whenever you run PyKota command line tools with the *--version* command line
    argument.

  * I ask you to not label or present a version of PyKota downloaded 
    from CVS as being the 'OFFICIAL' one. 

  * I encourage you to buy an 'OFFICIAL' PyKota package. See below for 
    the benefits of doing so. 

  * A PyKota version obtained either from CVS (unofficial) or by 
    purchasing an official package, **IS FREELY REDISTRIBUTABLE AND 
    MODIFIABLE, AT NO COST, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC 
    LICENSE.** 

  * Version number excepted, **THERE'S NO SOURCE CODE DIFFERENCE 
    BETWEEN 'OFFICIAL' AND 'UNOFFICIAL' VERSIONS OF PyKota.** However it 
    should be clear to you that the latest version you can find in CVS 
    may be somewhat unstable or unfinished, since this software is a 
    work in progress, and that it's up to you to download working 
    revisions from the CVS tree. That's why I suggest that you purchase 
    an **'OFFICIAL'** version, because it will be simpler for you (and 
    better for me). Also the documentation included in the 
    **'UNOFFICIAL'** version is only delivered in DocBook XML/SGML 
    source form, and not in compiled forms like HTML or PDF. 

  * You can obtain an **'OFFICIAL'** version of PyKota in two forms :

    * Electronic form :

      * You pay me any amount of money starting at **15$ (US Dollars)**

      * Then I send you the latest **PyKota 'OFFICIAL'** tarball, 
        including the latest version of the electronic documentation in 
        SGML, HTML and PDF formats, by email. 

    * CDROM + Paper documentation *(not yet available, documentation 
      still under works)* : 

      * You pay me any amount of money starting at **30$ (US Dollars)**

      * Then I send you the latest **PyKota 'OFFICIAL'** tarball, 
        including the latest version of the electronic documentation in 
        SGML, HTML and PDF formats, on CDROM, accompanied with the latest 
        version of the printed documentation. No additionnal shipping costs 
        will be asked to you, unless you require a specific delivery mode. 

  * The "purchase":/software/PyKota/Purchase of an **'OFFICIAL'** 
    version also allows you to : 

    * Modify or redistribute the **'OFFICIAL'** version you purchased, 
      under the terms of the GNU General Public License of the Free 
      Software Foundation. I just ask you to remove the 'OFFICIAL' word 
      from the version number if you redistribute a modified official 
      version. 

    * Obtain free technical support for a year starting at your purchase 
      date : This includes bug fixes and new official versions, as well as 
      priority email support. 

    * Obtain half of **your money back** in case you contribute source 
      code or documentation which I accept in the source tree. If you're a 
      motivated developper, you've got strong chances to get half of your 
      money back. *NB : You will have to send me a signed copyright 
      assignment on paper in order for me to be able to accept your 
      patches on PyKota.* 

    * By purchasing an official package, your karma will also be better.

I sincerely hope that you will find this proposition as fair as I do 
think it is.