
Dear MuPAD friend,

if you wish to acquire a MuPAD licence, you should send back the
licence agreement appended below.  A  detailed 
description of MuPAD you will find  in the manuals: 

in German:
  Birkhaeuser Verlag Basel, 1993
  MuPAD: Multi Processing Algebra Data Tool;
  Benutzerhandbuch; MuPAD Version 1.1
  ISBN 3-7643-2872-X

in English:
  Birkhaeuser Verlag Basel, 1993
  MuPAD: Multi Processing Algebra Data Tool;
  Tutorial
  ISBN 3-7643-5017-2

The English reference manual will follow later in the year. There also is
sufficient on-line documentation, both in English and German. 

Furthermore you will find information on different  aspects of MuPAD in
the following issues of MathPAD  Vol 3. Heft 2, 9/93 (in German) and Vol
4. Heft 1, 3/94 (in English), both issues are to be found on our server.
There you also will find additional information on MuPAD.

The licence agreement fixes some rules which allow us to have an overview over
MuPAD's users and their interests. The fact that there is no licence fee
for workstation users in the scientific community is not touched by this
licence agreement.

Please, if possible, send back the signed licence agreement on paper as
well as a copy by ELECTRONIC MAIL. The electronic version is important,
since it allows for an automatization of the mailing process.

After receiving back the signed licence agreement you will get a keyword 
and you can copy the current MuPAD version from our FTP server. The keyword 
serves to transform the demo version of MuPAD into a full version. 

At present on our ftp-server MuPAD is available for the following platforms:

Sun 4 / SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.3

IBM RS/6000 / AIX 3.1.5 or later

Silicon Graphics / Irix 4.0.5 and Irix 5.1.1

PC with Linux 0.99pl14 or later

Apple Macintosh / System 7

However the Silicon Graphics-version is a preliminary version only.

Some MuPAD users do not have access to  the ftp-system,  to those we have
sent  MuPAD on tape or disc. Since the number of requests for this service
has grown considerably, and since we have difficulty to manage the work
load for MuPAD at all, we are not anymore able to provide this service for
free, the charge will be until further notice $50. In any case you can
easily prevent paying the 50 $ by copying the demo version from a friend or
a user group, and then use your personal key for upgrading that version. We
really encourage you to find a suitable way for not paying the 50 $!
Remember, by using our ftp server you save us a lot of work and you have
better access to information and libraries because the items on our  server
are updated frequently. Even between new releases, we constantly put
corrected versions on the server.

We would like to draw your attention on the following electronic
addresses:              

     MuPAD-bugs@uni-paderborn.de        

Please use that electronic address for reporting bugs which you detect in
MuPAD.        

And
     MuPAD-talk@uni-paderborn.de

is the address of the informal MuPAD discussion group. There we shall
distribute user contributions, bug reports, and information about our 
development and planning. As a licenced MuPAD user, you will be put
automatically on the "talk" distribution list. Of course, on your explicit
request we will remove you from that list.

We hope that MuPAD will be useful in your work and remain with best regards

                   Benno Fuchssteiner
                   MathPAD-Group, Automath 
                   Institut fuer Automatisierung und Instrumentelle Mathematik
                   University of Paderborn
                   Warburger Str. 100
                   D 33095 Paderborn
                   Germany
                   
                   Tel.: +49 (0)5251/602627
                   Fax.: +49 (0)5251/603836
                   
                   E-mail: benno@uni-paderborn.de




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Please complete the following licence agreement and sent it back by e-mail
as well as by surface mail. Individuals can leave open the line for the
"Institution". In  the line "Code name:" you should fill in your
institution or your individual name. In case you fill in your institution
please use the following abbreviations: U (for university), I (institute),
RC (research center), S (school, highschool; and so on), C (College), TU
(technical university), FH (Fachhochschule), D (department, Fachbereich),
MP (Max Planck Institute). In no case the code name may have leading or
trailing blanks, and under no circumstances it can be longer than 40
characters. Please do not change the licence form, since that will be read
automatically. Do not forget your e-mail address, and in case you only send
us a paper copy of that licence agreement, make sure that we can clearly
read your e-mail address.


LICENCE AGREEMENT for:



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1.  LICENCE GRANTED for SCIENTIFIC and EDUCATIONAL
    NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Subject to the conditions herein and upon initial use of MuPAD 
(MuPAD, Copyright (c) B. Fuchssteiner, Automath, University of
Paderborn, Germany) 
the MathPAD Group grants to the licensee a perpetual, non-transferable, 
use of the MuPAD system.  No licence, right or interest in any trademark,
trade name or service mark is granted under this licence.


   This licence, the licenced software and any other information
provided to the licensee, may not be sold, leased, assigned,
sublicenced or otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, by the
licensee.


   The licensee shall reproduce and apply any copyright notices 
included on or in MuPAD to any copies thereof, in whole or in part,
in any form. The licensee shall be solely responsible for installation
of MuPAD.

   The licensee shall not use, disclose, or make any other copies of
MuPAD, apart from those described below, without the authorization of
the MathPAD Group. The licensee shall be able to maintain backup or
archival copies of MuPAD. In case, the licensee wants to make copies
for other machines in his institution than those specified in this
licence agreement, he may do so, provided he notifies
the MathPAD Group and submits information about the number and the
location of these machines. The MathPAD Group can deny the right for
further use of these copies, in this case the licensee is obliged to
remove these copies. Furthermore the licensee has to ensure that users
of such copies are bound by this licence agreement.


   If licensee publishes scientific results that were partly obtained
using MuPAD, he is requested to cite MuPAD, just as he would cite other
papers that he used. Also he is kindly asked to inform the MathPAD
Group about such papers and to provide one pre- or reprint.  This
policy will help to ensure further development and maintenance of
MuPAD.


   The licensee shall make reasonable efforts to notify and inform
users having access to MuPAD to the limitations set up by this licence
agreement. Users are obliged to report bugs encountered in MuPAD
to

              MuPAD-bugs@uni-paderborn.de



2. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

   The MathPAD Group does not make any express or implied warranties
including, but not limited to, the warranties of design,
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose,  or arising from
a course of dealing, usage or trade practice.


   In no event will the MathPAD Group be liable for any lost revenues
or profits or other special, indirect or consequential damages, even
if the MathPAD Group has been advised of the possibility of such
damages.


   The MathPAD Group's maximum liability for damages shall be limited
to the licence fees paid by licensee under this licence for MuPAD
which caused the damages.




Signature:  .............................



                                 
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