ProWesS is short for 'PROGS Windowing System' and is (as the name suggests) a new window manager. However, the ProWesS package contains a lot more than just ProWesS (in fact ProWesS is just the most important part of a group of programming libraries).
However, the ProWesS package also contains some utility programs, like the ProWesS reader.
This is the general ProWesS manual, which explains how to use ProWesS and the utility programs which are part of the ProWesS package. It does not explain how to write programs which use the system extensions which are part of ProWesS. These manuals are available in public domain (electronically and via PD suppliers).
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The PROforma drivers and ProWesS types can be freely distributed. They are copyrighted, but the source code is available and anybody is allowed to modify them and they can be freely distributed.
The DLL Manager and syslib can be freely distributed.
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Please note that this copyright message only applies to the SGML parser which is part of the ProWesS reader program. The rest of the program is copyright 1996 by Joachim Van der Auwera, for PROGS, Professional & Graphical Software.
You are not free to distribute the ProWesS reader without written permission from PROGS. However, you can get the modified SGML parser, as it is part of the ProWesS reader. This means the SGML_c, HTChunk_c and HTMLdtd_c files and associated header files, HTStruct_h and HTStream_h.
All the code which is copyrighted by PROGS is written by Joachim Van der Auwera, except the ProWesS calculator, which is written by Nathan Van der Auwera.
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This said, it goes without saying that PROGS will continue to develop this manual and software. Therefore, we would appreciate any comments about our software and manual. As you may know, we are only human, we can do no more than our best to provide you with the best quality.
ProWesS can automatically be installed (as is also the case for all ProWesS applications). When your computer is booted with the ProWesS master disk, you immediately get the option to install it. To update your installation, you should indicate the "install software" item in the utilities button.