FWKUTC(TM) Upload_Test Checker, Version 0.3. 1995 Jan 16.
(C)Copyright Frederick W. Kantor 1993, 1995. All rights reserved.


    Explanation
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
          (Let me note first that I am not an attorney, and that this
          is not offered as "legal advice"; for advice about laws,
          treaties, directives, etc. which might apply where you are, you
          are urged to seek competent local legal counsel.)

    One important concern of electronic bulletin boards is to screen
    incoming ("uploaded") files.  Over the years, a number of simple
    upload_test procedures have been put into use on different electronic
    bulletin board systems in various parts of the world.  And once a BBS
    has put such a test procedure into use, there may be a tendency to
    let it do its job and forget about it.

    Unfortunately, some of the early upload_test procedures alter or
    destroy some of the incoming files, in ways which appear to conflict
    with the respective author(s)'s rights under copyright laws and
    corresponding international treaty.  Also, in the years since, the UK
    has made a Computer Misuse Act, under which the modification of
    material in a computer (including data or program), without the
    permission of the owner of that material, would seem under some
    circumstances a prosecutable offense;  of particular interest here
    might be instances where such modification would impair the operation
    of a program or the reliability of any such data.

    I don't see how it's anyone else's business if people privately
    modify material on their own computers -- one could regard the
    personal private use of a computer as an extension of a person's
    mind.

    But if that modified material is passed on to others publicly, such
    as in the operation of a public electronic bulletin board system or
    in commerce, then copyright laws, and various national laws, might
    apply.

    So, let's do a simple check, and see if it says that an upload test
    procedure, used somewhere along the line before this package reached
    you, might need to be modified or replaced.


    Simple Check
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Using PKUNZIP version 2.04g, do  PKUNZIP -t FWKUTC03 <enter>

    You should see this as part of the screen display (flush left):

            Searching ZIP: FWKUTC03.ZIP
            Testing: FILE_ID.DIZ   OK -AV
            Testing: !/FILE_ID.DIZ  OK -AV
            Testing: README        OK -AV
            Testing: !/README      OK -AV
            Testing: UPGRADE.TXT   OK -AV
            Testing: !/UPGRADE.TXT  OK -AV

            Authentic files Verified!   # OFT466
            Frederick W. Kantor (founder/information mechanics)

            This package, FWKUTC03.ZIP, released 1995 Jan 16, is
            (C)Copyright Frederick W. Kantor 1993, 1995.
            All rights reserved.

    If this zipfile has reached you undamaged, then the upload testing
    procedure used, respectively, by each Bulletin Board System which
    processed it, has passed the simple test provided by this package.

    But, if this is the only copy of UPGRADE.TXT, and there is no entry
    listed for !\UPGRADE.TXT (see also "File Structure", below), then the
    package which reached you has been damaged, possibly by some
    procedure which took place before the package reached your system, or
    perhaps by an automatic upload_testing procedure used on your own
    system.


    File Structure
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    This zipfile was originally made with zipped path information, using
    the author's registered copy of PKWARE's PKZIP Version 2.04g, with
    Authenticity Verification enabled.  For each file included from the
    current directory, a "shadow file" with the same name was included
    from a subdirectory called "!".  If this is the only copy of
    UPGRADE.TXT contained in the package, then the package was damaged.
    If you had received the undamaged package, then to extract the
    complete structure, you would have been able to do

                       PKUNZIP -d FWKUTC03 <enter>

    Your current directory would then have contained

        FILE_ID.DIZ   a brief identification of this package, for
                      automatic display on various bulletin board
                      systems.

        README        a short file directing attention to the UPGRADE.TXT
                      file in the current directory.

        UPGRADE.TXT   a file containing explanatory material like that
                      provided in this file, but corresponding to the
                      case in which this package had arrived undamaged,
                      and without the material provided in "What To Do"
                      through "Good Copy", below, for helping correct the
                      problem which damaged the package in the first
                      place.

    and would have contained a subdirectory !, in which would have been
    the following "shadow files":

      !\FILE_ID.DIZ   a brief identification saying that the package had
                      been damaged (which was moved into primary position
                      when the damage occurred), for automatic display on
                      various bulletin board systems.

      !\README        a short file directing attention to the UPGRADE.TXT
                      file (README was identical to !\README).

      !\UPGRADE.TXT   <--<< you are here.


    What To Do
    ~~~~~~~~~~
    First, check if this copy of the FWKUTC03.ZIP package was damaged
    before it reached your system, or if it was damaged by a test
    procedure on your own system.  The correct total length for the
    undamaged package is about 7989 bytes (it may be somewhat increased
    by a zipfile comment added by an electronic bulletin board).  A
    typical length for a damaged version of the package is about 4773
    bytes (with possible addition due to an added zipfile comment, or due
    to using less compression in zipping the altered zipfile).

         If you downloaded this package from a bulletin board, was the
         copy there listed as having about the same length as the one you
         are working with now?  If so, then the damage probably occurred
         before the package reached you.

         If the package was uploaded to your bulletin board system, do
         you have any automatic log of the length of the file as it was
         received (YES/NO)?

             If YES, did the communications log show about the same
             length on reception as the package had after it was
             processed by your test procedure?  If so, then the package
             was probably already damaged before it reached you.  If
             it was substantially reduced (see approximate lengths,
             above), then the damage probably occurred during testing on
             your own system (see "Modifying Or Replacing The Upload Test
             Procedure", below).

             If NO (i.e., you do not have such a log), then it may be
             best for you to get a good copy of this package, and run it
             through your test procedure while you watch (see "Good
             Copy", below).


    Modifying Or Replacing The Upload Test Procedure
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    If this FWKUTC03.ZIP test package was damaged before it reached you,
    please try to track down where the damage occurred, and please bring
    the following material to the attention of the person or persons
    operating that system.

    If the damage took place on your own system, it is urged that you
    modify or replace your test procedure. (See "Sales Pitch", below.)


    Sales Pitch
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
    There is available an automatic test procedure, specially designed to
    process zipfiles made with earlier versions, or with the current
    version 2.04g, of PKWARE's PKZIP without damaging their internal
    zipped path information, and without damaging the current
    Authenticity Verification Stamp.  This test procedure, the FWKCS(TM)
    Contents_Signature System, was developed in the United States, in a
    development program involving more than three million node hours on
    giant bulletin boards, where it is now in use day and night.  It is
    used both for testing files uploaded to the bulletin boards from
    outside, and for testing files added locally.

    This extensively tested product is now available worldwide at low
    prices, on a "try it before you register" basis which allows you to
    try out all of its features before you decide whether to register.
    For example, for personal use, the registration price is only $47.00
    US; for a bulletin board with one or two nodes, only $80.00 US.  The
    suggested test time is 30 days; unauthorized use of this software for
    more than forty five (45) days in a public, commercial, school,
    institutional, or governmental environment, without payment and
    registration, is not permitted.

    The current version, released 1995 Jan 16, is packaged in an
    Authenticity Verification Zipfile, FWKCS200.ZIP, available for
    testing free, as a no_fee download from The Invention Factory BBS in
    the United States.  For this download, please use their 48_node
    automatic hunt_up group of USR Dual Standard modems, 2400 - 16800
    bits/sec (including V32.bis); the starting phone number (U.S.A.) and
    data/parity/stop_bits, and the telnet address, are

                     telephone  212-274-8110  8N1
                        telnet  199.183.47.133

    A companion series of packages, FWKCXrrr.ZIP, contains resource
    material for use in the automatic recognition, automatic blocking,
    and automatic removal of commercial files, independent of filename.
    It is available for use with the FWKCS(TM) Contents_Signature System,
    Version 2.00 or later, to help you protect your system against
    becoming involved in software piracy.  The current version as of
    1995 Jan 16 is FWKCX001.ZIP, released 1995 Jan 16.


    Good Copy
    ~~~~~~~~~
    The same phone number and telnet address listed in "Sales Pitch",
    above, can be used to get a good copy, free, of the FWKUTC03.ZIP test
    package.  If the copy you have has been damaged, you are encouraged
    to obtain a good copy, and to make it available to others at no fee.


    A Note About The Author
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    If you wish to learn about the author, you are invited to log onto
    The Invention Factory BBS (see phone number and telnet address in
    "Sales Pitch", above) and, while you are looking around, take the
    opportunity to see Bulletin 27.