MetalliWare Info

The following is all the information about how MetalliWare works.

DISCLAIMER

I, PHIL DIBOWITZ, AND THE REST OF INSANITY PALACE OF METALLICA STAFF (HEREIN KNOWN AS 'WE') ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SOFTWARE POSTED IN THIS SECTION. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF SOFTWARE POSTED HERE.

THE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING THROUGH IPOM (HEREIN KNOWN AS THE 'SOFTWARE') IS PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY AUTHORS AND VENDORS, AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR OTHER ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN SUCH VENDORS AND THE END USER(S). WE DO NOT SELL, RESELL, OR LICENSE ANY OF THE SOFTWARE AND WE DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR OR LIABILITY RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE. ANY QUESTIONS, CLAIMS, OR COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE SOFTWARE'S RESPECTIVE AUTHOR OR VENDOR. WE PROVIDES ALL SOFTWARE "AS IS " AND MAKES NO WARRANTIES, CLAIMS, OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE QUALITY, SUITABILITY, SAFETY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE. FURTHERMORE, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE VALIDITY, TRUTH OR ACCURACY OF ANY STATEMENT MADE ABOUT THE SOFTWARE.

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS DUE TO POSTING YOUR SOFTWARE HERE. SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS. THE SERVICE OF LINKING TO YOUR SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANYTHING.

IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND WANT YOUR SOFTWARE TAKEN DOWN, YOU MUST NOTIFY US AT WEBMASTER@IPOM.COM. WE WILL ATTEMPT TO REMOVE OUR LINK TO YOUR SOFTWARE IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT WE MAKE NO PROMISES AS TO THE TIME IT TAKES TO DO SO.

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW IS ALSO PROVIDED AS IS. IT IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. IT IS NOT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. IT IS SIMPLY INFORMATION FOR YOU TO READ AND USE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND AT YOUR OWN WILL. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS DUE TO USING THE INFORMATION BELOW.

Please take CNET's advise about downloading software from the internet:

There are inherent dangers in the use of any software available for downloading on the Internet, and CNET cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the potential risks before downloading any of the Software. You are solely responsible for adequate protection and backup of the data and equipment used in connection with any of the Software, and CNET will not be liable for any damages that you may suffer in connection with using, modifying or distributing any of the Software.

Please understand the above. If you don't agree with it, DON'T ASK ME TO LINK TO YOUR SOFTWARE, AND DON'T DOWNLOAD ANY SOFTWARE.

REQUIREMENTS

• Freeware
  Your software MUST be freeware. If you send me your software or a link to your software, that is you consenting to it being freeware AND consenting to me posting it for free and unrestricted download.
  
• Hosting
  You must host your software. I will not host software on our server, I simply don't have the room. You must provide a place for your software, and I will link to it.

SUGGESTIONS

Before handing out your software to the world you may want to put a license on it. Two popular freeware licenses out are:

• GNU Public License (copyleft)
• FreeBSD License

I believe using these licenses is as simple as putting the text into you're program where people have access to it (for example the 'help' menu or a 'README' file), but you should double-check this. Whichever license you pick, make sure to READ IT CAREFULLY.

Additionally, we encourage authors to include the source to their software. In fact, I believe it's required in the above licenses. Including the source enables people to feel better about downloading your software because they can check it for backdoors. Additionally, they can port it to other platforms. It is not a requirement, but it its somethign we strongly encourage.

RESTRICTIONS/PORTING/OS

You can post software for MacOS, Windows 9x, Windows NT/2K, Linux, *BSD, Solaris, BeOS, HP-UX, SCO Unix, etc. I don't care what OS your software is for, just MAKE SURE TO TELL ME so I can put that one the site.

I think porting is awesome. If you want to port someone's software, send them an email. I can't give you permission to do that. Also, check their license, you may not need to ask them (although it's still nice to). If you send me a port of someone's software, please tell me that it is so, and that you've asked them, etc., etc.