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I have just finished programming a utility using ARP. I am going to release
it in a couple of days. This utility 'needs' the arp.library to work.
My question is, can I put the 'arp.library' file into my public domain ARC'ed
file, and upload it on Compuserve (and other BBS's), or do the users have to
get it from the ARP sources?
Luciano 73246,1744
Luciano,
My understanding is that you are free to distribute the arp.library if you
wish (as long as it is one of the "released" versions, rather than a beta-test
version). I think you should reconsider putting it in the ARC file to upload
here, though. Many folks already have the arp.library and would prefer not to
have to download it again. Those that don't have it can download it
separately. Just be sure to put the fact that it requires arp.library clearly
in both the program's documentation (in the arc file) and in the file
description that you set here when you upload it. That way everyone wins.
Hope this helps…BobR
Luciano – arp.library can be included with your ARC file, though we'd prefer
you don't include the library unless you're sending it out on diskettes, to
help us with version control on the library. We will be releasing V1.3 of ARP
soon, and it has an updated library, so if you include the old library version
with your ARC file, it can cause problems for people who copy it over on top of
the newer version when they then run a program which expects the updated
library. Thanks for asking – we're glad to have any developers using the
library, and our only restrictions are in the interest of minimizing the
problems of keeping everybody updated to the current versions of the ARP
software-
…cheath
Luciano,
Charlie Heath's answer is the 'official' answer. It's his software and
it's up to him how it's distributed.
Don