Digital BW, The Print

I've been away for almost a week so I've just caught up with the licensing discussion
that has been going on here.   Since the GNU General Public License is involved and I
don't want to step on their toes any more that having someone step on mine, the wording
of the license is important.  What I have been using seemed to work pretty well but lately
seems to have caused some confusion and mis-interpretation of my intent.

I've rewritten it and been more explicit of my intent.  This is not meant as a change in
intent just a clarification of what I had all along.  All in all its a fairly straighforward and
flexible agreement.  It currently just depends on the honor system of paying the fee.
This is the most hassle free for everyone involved for now.

Thanks,
Roy

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QuadToneRIP Black & White Printing Software
Shareware Copyright (C) 2005 Roy V. Harrington Photography

The QuadToneRIP product has multiple pieces of code. The low level drivers for the Epson 
printers are based on Gimp-Print Open Source Project. This Gimp-Print code is licensed 
under the GNU General Public License.  The rest of code for the QuadToneRIP product 
including Quad Tone Profiling, ICC profiling, installers and user interface are all 
proprietary work.  Any usage of any piece of the QuadToneRIP product is considered usage 
of QuadToneRIP.  In other words whether you are just printing, just using the ICC profiler 
or just using any of the profiles supplied you will be using some of the proprietary 
software.

All of the proprietary pieces of the QuadToneRIP product i.e. other than the Gimp-Print 
code are bundled together and licensed as a Shareware product. You are free to download 
and try the product. It is a fully operational product, there are no disabled parts or 
dongles. If it meets your needs and you want to use any pieces for your regular workflow, 
please pay a shareware fee of fifty dollars $50. At the present time there is no registration 
but this is subject to change. This fee can be applied per user so one user can use as may 
printers as he/she wants, or the fee can be applied per printer so one printer can be used 
by many users. The fee will also entitle you to any bug-fix updates. Profiles distributed 
here are included and others are free to swap and distribute profiles without restriction.

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will 
the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.

> I've rewritten it and been more explicit of my intent.  This is not meant as a change in
> intent just a clarification of what I had all along.  All in all its a fairly straighforward and
> flexible agreement.  It currently just depends on the honor system of paying the fee.

Before the pitchfork and torch bearing mob turns up at my door ... I've ammended the 
description of QTR that I used in the original review, just as I said I would, if I had clarification 
from Roy. :-) :-)

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/monochromepro_review.html

Keith Cooper

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kcooper666" <yahoogroups@n...> 
wrote:
> > I've rewritten it and been more explicit of my intent.  This is not meant as a change in
> > intent just a clarification of what I had all along.  All in all its a fairly straighforward and
> > flexible agreement.  It currently just depends on the honor system of paying the fee.
> 
> Before the pitchfork and torch bearing mob turns up at my door ... I've ammended the 
> description of QTR that I used in the original review, just as I said I would, if I had 
clarification 
> from Roy. :-) :-)
> 
> http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/monochromepro_review.html
> 
> Keith Cooper

Thanks, Keith.

Roy

Thanks Roy for the clarification.  Shouldn't be any qeustion now. And
thanks Keith for the notice about pending update.  

Cheers,  

Tony

My thanks to Roy also for the clarification, and to Keith for the 
amendment. And my apologies to one and all for any acrimony my 
initial bluntness might have triggered. 

Steven Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kcooper666" 
<yahoogroups@n...> wrote:
> > I've rewritten it and been more explicit of my intent.  This is 
not meant as a change in
> > intent just a clarification of what I had all along.  All in all 
its a fairly straighforward and
> > flexible agreement.  It currently just depends on the honor 
system of paying the fee.
> 
> Before the pitchfork and torch bearing mob turns up at my door ... 
I've ammended the 
> description of QTR that I used in the original review, just as I 
said I would, if I had clarification 
> from Roy. :-) :-)
> 
> http://www.northlight-
images.co.uk/article_pages/monochromepro_review.html
> 
> Keith Cooper