Information about the electronic publisher for this electronic version of Imprimis, On Lin
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Information about
the electronic publisher
for this electronic version of
Imprimis, On Line
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This electronic version was made possible through a personal
arrangement with the Managing Editor of Imprimis and the
President of Applied Foresight, Inc. (R.H. Martin) who
packages and distributes this electronic version of Imprimis
as a charitable free-of-charge service. Address: Applied
Foresight, Inc., P.O. Box 20607, Bloomington, Minnesota USA
55420. Compuserve ID: 71510,1042.
Applied Foresight, Inc. also publishes ShareDebate
International (ISSN 1054-0695), a diskette-magazine. Formerly
a shareware semi-annual magazine, it is now copyrighted
freeware ever since the double-disk issue #7-8. Between 550
to 1,450 listed Bulletin Boards (BBSs) or Shareware dealers
in 25 countries distribute the magazine. It is an
international debate forum--over 25 debate topics now--for
computer users concerned about the present and the future,
carrying non-fiction & fiction, original and reprints.
PAST AUTHORS IN SHAREDEBATE INTERNATIONAL
Doug Bandow, Cato senior fellow, syndicated columnist;
George Benston, Economist & Professor (Contributor to
Public Interest & other journals);
Ben Bova (President, SF Writers of America; former
editor of OMNI & Analog; former President, National
Space Society);
Warren T. Brookes, deceased, famous newspaper columnist
for the Detroit News and author
of The Economy in Mind;
Stuart M. Butler, V.P., Heritage Foundation;
Milton Friedman, Nobel laureate;
GEnie management;
George Gilder (author & regular contributor to Forbes,
Wall Street Journal & the National Review);
Paula Goldman, Attorney-Sysop;
Rt.Lt.General Daniel Graham (Director, High Frontier
Inc. & Assoc. Ed., J. of Practical Applications in
Space);
George Kaufman, Economist & Professor (Contributor to
Public Interest & other journals);
Victor Koman, Prometheus award-winning SF author;
Paul Levinson (Author & Director, New School On-Line
Program);
Libertarian Party;
Dr. Christopher Lyon, M.D.;
Roleigh Martin, ShareDebate International editor;
Douglas Ostrom (Japan Economic Institute);
Policy Review Magazine -- letters to the editor from 25
doctors and medical experts on health care;
Jerry Pournelle, SF author & computer columnist (for
Byte & InfoWorld);
Republican Liberty Caucus;
The League for Programming Freedom;
Sheldon L. Richman (writer for The Free Market);
Murray Rothbard, Libertarian economist;
J.Neil Schulman, Prometheus award-winning SF author;
Thomas E. Smith (writer for National Review, Analog, Go
Global);
L.Neil Smith, award-winning SF author;
Joseph Sobran, syndicated columnist;
Masanobu Taniguchi, former Japanese journalist, alumni-
Columbia University (M.A., International Affairs)
Dr. Tim Urell, D.O.;
Sam Wells, contributor to The Freeman;
As a convenience to those without modems or to those
with modems who don't want to download nearly 2MB of existing
magazines, back issues are available on diskette. The
content is freeware but diskettes, postage, packaging, and
handling isn't. To get it free one has to obtain it from the
multitude of no-charge BBSs that carry it. Any of the 22,000
Fidonet have access to SDN files although they all might carry
them, and even then they may only carry the current year's
worth of files. Others places to try are any BBS
that carries the latest PC-SIG CD ROM (disk #s 2121, 2260,
2390, 2749, 2750, 2753); BIX (IBM.UTILS filearea); or GEnie
(IBMPC RT Applications library). Search for the filename
pattern, DBATE*.*. As of this date, all of these carry the
first 8 issues. PC-SIG has or will shortly release issues
7-8. The POLITICS forum on Compuserve carries most if not
all of the issues as of issue 9. (Note: issue 12's addendum-
-DBATE013--isn't carried on Compuserve as it only contained
Clinton's legislation for his Health Act which is otherwise
available in POLITICS.)
Special back-issue deal for owners of an IBM
PC/compatible or Macintosh (who MUST have be able to read
1.44 MB diskettes). Reference this filename and where you
obtained it, and for $25, you will get all the existing
issues of ShareDebate International. As a freebie, you'll
also get 1992 and 1993 back issues of Imprimis Online, a
copyrighted freeware electronic publication packaged by
Applied Foresight for Hillsdale College, the publisher of the
paper-based 500,000 circulated Imprimis.
Indicate the highest capacity diskette you can take and
whether you have a hard disk or not. Canadians, add $2;
International orders, add $5. Pay in US $ against a US bank.
Visa/MC accepted (include expiration date & name as it
appears on the card). MN residents add 6.5 % sales tax. 2
to 6 weeks delivery time. EMAIL orders accepted. Write or
Email to the Applied Foresight, Inc. address given above.
(Mac users have to have the 1.44 MB diskette because Mac
users are actually serviced on an IBM computer that uses the
Mac-n-DOS software which can only format and read/write with
1.44 diskettes.) Mac users need to have in their possession
already an UNZIP utility capable of handling version 1.1 and
2.04g versions of PKZIP files -- such utilities are widely
available on MAC BBSs -- if you don't have an UNZIP utility,
then please don't order the MAC version of ShareDebate
International.
Note: ShareDebate International did not publish any Issues
in 1992, so there are only the 1990, 1991 & 1993 issues
available.
Hillsdale College & Imprimis are not affiliated in any
manner with ShareDebate International.
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LICENSE TO DISTRIBUTE AND USE THIS
FREEWARE VERSION OF IMPRIMIS
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Redistribution of Imprimis, On Line is encouraged. Please
do share it with your friends, upload it to bulletin board
systems, etc. However, as this magazine is made available
for you free of charge, that does not mean that it is free of
usage restrictions. What follows is the current license to
distribute and use it.
Although Imprimis, On Line is copyright-protected, it is
freeware and you may distribute issues of the magazine freely
on a non-exclusive basis without additional written
permission as long as you abide by all of the following
restrictions:
The program shall be supplied in its original, unmodified
form, which includes this documentation. A few minor
deviations are allowed:
You are permitted to add a standard "header" file or (in
the case of a BBS archive distribution) a standard "header"
archive comment which limits itself to (a) a short ad for
your company and/or (b) a standard get-started file used with
all of your distributions.
You are permitted to use high density diskettes and to
include more than one issue of Imprimis, On Line per
diskette.
If you use diskettes to distribute your offerings, you
are permitted to bundle Imprimis, On Line issues on the same
diskette(s) that contain material made by others only if you
include a "read.me" file that explains that the other files
on the diskette are unrelated to and unknown to Imprimis and
Hillsdale College.
No fee may be charged for the magazine content, although
you may charge whatever fee you want for the blank diskette,
formatting, copying, packaging, BBS-general-access charges,
distribution and mailing involved. It must be obvious to the
customer that they are not being charged for the magazine,
but rather for the above handling/shipping costs.
Unless you have personalized written permission from
Applied Foresight, Inc. (AFI hereafter), Imprimis or
Hillsdale College (Imprimis hereafter), you may not assert
that (a) you have made special arrangements with AFI or
Imprimis to distribute this file or (b) that AFI or Imprimis
endorses your organization or any other product that you're
involved with.
You're not required to, but we request that if you
distribute Imprimis, On Line, to please provide AFI with your
full address and if you can afford it, material showing how
you "carry" Imprimis, On Line (diskette copy, brochure,
catalog, or print-screens in the case of a BBS). There is no
need for (a) those BBSs to whom R.H. Martin or AFI upload to,
and (b) to those BBSs who carry SDN shareware.
This distribution license only applies to the AFI-
produced freeware version of Imprimis. Contact Hillsdale
College for information about distributing copies of the free
paper version of Imprimis.
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