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


    Explanation
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          (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.


    File Structure
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    This zipfile was 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 "!".  To extract the complete structure,
    do
                       PKUNZIP -d FWKUTC03 <enter>

    Your current directory should then contain

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

        README        a short file directing your attention to this file
                      which you are reading now.

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

    and should contain a subdirectory !, in which should be the following
    "shadow files":

      !\FILE_ID.DIZ   a brief identification saying that the package has
                      been damaged (which may be moved into primary
                      position when the damage tested for by this simple
                      check occurs), for automatic display on various
                      bulletin board systems.

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

      !\UPGRADE.TXT   a file which contains explanatory material like
                      that in the copy of UPGRADE.TXT which you are now
                      reading, but corresponding to the case in which
                      this package has been damaged, together with
                      additional material for helping correct the problem
                      which damaged the package in the first place; it
                      also contains information which might be of
                      interest for helping protect a BBS against
                      inadvertently becoming involved in software piracy.


    A Note About The Author
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    If you wish to learn about the author, you are invited to log onto
    The Invention Factory BBS in the United States, 212 274 8110 8N1,
    2400-16800 bits/sec (a 48_node hunt up group of USR Dual Standard
    modems), and, while you are looking around, take the opportunity to
    see Bulletin 27. (telnet address: 199.183.47.133)