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Plug In Compliant Application protocol
====================================== 


Licence conditions
==================

You are invited to add the PCA standard to your programs and to create PCA
'applets'. However, before publishing or distributing (in any form) a
program which makes use of the PCA standard you must first obtain a licence
to do so from Clares Micro Supplies.

The licence is currently free of charge and early adopters will be
guaranteed that the license will remain free for a minimum of five years. We
do not have any plans to charge for a license but we do not want to preclude
the possibility at a later date - well would you ?

PD Authors : We gurantee that your license will *always* be free.

Licensing the PCA standard allows us to keep track of who is using it,
inform them of changes to the standard and provide support in the case of a
problem. 

PCA Logo
======== 

The PCA logo may be used by licensed PCA developers to indicate PCA
compliancy. Licensed developers must not use the logo to suggest any Clares
approval or branding for their products. 

Contacts 
--------

DJackson@clares.demon.co.uk - Licensing details and project coordination. 
rdavison@xtra.co.nz - Author of the standard. 

Disclaimer 
==========

This standard is supplied 'as is'; neither Clares nor the author of the
standard make any warranty, whether express or implied, as to the
merchantability of the software or standard or its fitness for any purpose.

In no circumstances will Clares or the author of the standard be liable for
any damage, loss of profits, goodwill or for any indirect or consequential
loss arising from the use of this standard or software.

Implementation of the standard is deemed acceptance of these terms. 



PCA Compliant examples
======================

This disc contains several examples of PCA applications in both C and BASIC.
They show different interfaces that can be used as well as an example of
'In-Place' editing.

Don't forget to let us know what applications you are writing to comply with
the standard. Clares may be interested in publishing any PCA applications
that you write so please send us a copy if this appeals to you. 
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00000880  75 2e 20 0a                                       |u. .|
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