CONTENT LABEL RATING WHAT IT IS: Content Label Rating (CLR) is a system for labeling software and packaging to indicate contents such as violence or sexual material which may be of special concern to parents or other consumers prior to purchase. PURPOSE: To provide software authors and publishers with a simple, inexpensive method of labeling or rating their products for sale or distribution in retail stores or other environments where such labeling may be needed or required. WHO MAY USE IT: Anyone who writes or publishes software. WHAT IS INCLUDED: FILE NAME PURPOSE CLR256.BMP 256-color bitmapped logo CLR16.BMP 16-color bitmapped logo CLRASC1.ASC ASCII logo with high-ASCII characters CLRASC1.ASC ASCII logo without high-ASCII characters CLR.TXT Instructions for Use (this file) CLSAMPLE.BMP 16-color bitmapped examples VENDOR.DOC Information for vendors, sysops, etc. FILE_ID.DIZ BBS information file VENDINFO.DIZ Complete distribution information UPDATE.TXT Product update information HOW TO USE CLR: Study the Adjective and Adverb lists (below). Select one or more adjectives which best describe your product. If appropriate, precede each adjective with a suitable adverb. Remember, you can use as many or as few adjectives as you like. Each adjective may stand alone or may be preceded by one adverb. Select the logo format(s) which can best be used with your product, documentation, or packaging. If necessary, convert BMP files to a different graphics format. Using a suitable graphics tool or text editor, add the adjective(s) you have chosen to the logo(s). Incorporate the completed logo into your software, documentation, or package design. In situations where none of the logos can be used, use the abbreviation CLR and a colon, followed by your adjective(s). DOs AND DON'Ts YOU MAY: * Convert the BMP files to some other graphics form (PCX, WPG, etc.) * Make the logo larger or smaller to accommodate your adjective list * Make the logo larger or smaller to fit your product * Use as many adjectives as you need to describe your product, using your own judgment * Include the logo in your EXE file, data files, documentation, printed manual, advertising or packaging * Use any font you like for your adjective list YOU MAY NOT: * Change the design elements of the logo: Do not change the shape except to lengthen or shorten it vertically to accommodate your adjective list. You may widen the ASCII-format logos if necessary to accommodate the adjectives. Do not change the border design. Do not change the colors, except that you may convert to gray scale if necessary for your application. Do not change the font used in the phrase Content Label Rating * Change or add adjectives or adverbs: Make sure you use only adjectives and adverbs from the lists provided with CLR. Do not use more than one adverb with a single adjective. ADJECTIVE LIST ADVERB LIST Adult-Oriented Completely Artistic Extremely Business-Oriented Mildly Cheap Not Crude Occasionally Disgusting Partly Educational Slightly Explicit Somewhat Family-Oriented Very Home-Oriented Humorous Inoffensive Intellectual Noisy Obscene Overpriced Perverted Scary Sexual Unrated Unusual Useless Violent Vulgar Wholesome EXAMPLES USING ASCII LOGOS For examples using graphics logos, see the file CLSAMPLE.BMP. The following examples use the logo file CLRASC2.ASC. ______________________ ______________________ |Content Label Rating| |Content Label Rating| |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | This Software Is | | This Software Is | | Very Disgusting | | Not Violent | | Humorous | |____________________| | Occasionally Sexual| |____________________| ______________________ ______________________ |Content Label Rating| |Content Label Rating| |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | This Software Is | | This Software Is | | | | Unrated | | Violent | |____________________| | Vulgar | | Noisy | |____________________| IMPORTANT INFORMATION: CONTENT LABEL RATING (CLR) is copyrighted software. It is not, and never has been, in the public domain. The copyright holder grants you permission to use and copy CLR subject to the terms and conditions outlined in this document and in the file VENDINFO.DIZ. If you are unwilling or unable to comply with these terms, do not use or copy CLR. You may use CLR for the purpose of labeling or rating software products as long as you follow the instructions contained in this document. You may make copies of CLR for your own use or for others to use, as long as you do not charge a fee or consideration of any kind, and do not provide CLR as part of any kind of commercial venture. If you charge any kind of fee in exchange for providing copies of CLR, or if you include it with other products or services for which any fee is charged, you are considered a disk vendor and must comply with the simple terms outlined in the VENDINFO.DIZ file. All distributed copies of CLR must include all files originally included by the copyright holder, unchanged. LIMITED WARRANTY: THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. R.K. 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