Contract
What follows is the text from a typical Telecomsoft contract for a developer, circa 1987. Any typos are duplicated from the original text:
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4 COMPETING WORK The author shall not during the continuance of this agreement, without the consent of the Publisher, publish any abridgement or part of the Work, nor shall the Author prepare other than for the publication, any work which is of a substantially similar nature to the Work which is the subject of this agreement.
5 PUBLICATION Unless prevented by the circumstances beyond its control, the Publisher shall publish the Work, at its own risk (subject to the provisions of the Warranty provided in Clause 2 hereof) and expense, within six months after agreement between the Author and the Publisher that the master copy and all ancillary material are ready for publication. The Publisher shall have the entire control of publication; and the tape, disk or other medium, the inlays and covers, the manner and extent of advertisement, the number and distribution of free copies for the Press and otherwise, and the price and terms of sale of the first and any subsequent editions shall be at its sole discretion. The Publisher warrants that the name of the Author (or pseudonym or copy name at the Author's discretion) shall appear in due prominence in the cover of every copy produced, incorporated in a copyright notice.
6 CORRECTIONS OF SOFTWARE ERRORS AND ASSISTANCE BY AUTHOR.
If at any time during the continuance of this Agreement, errors in the software leading to incorrect functioning of the software are detected, these shall be corrected by the Author at his own expense, within one month of the Author receiving written notification from the Publisher of the existence and nature of such errors. The Author shall promptly supply to the Publisher any source of material, supporting documentation and/or the like as specified by the Publisher for the purposes of evaluating the Work and/or for any purpose pursuant to publication of the Work by the Publisher. The Publisher may call upon the Author to demonstrate the Work to selected staff of the Publisher and give such explanation as the staff may require in order fully to appreciate the possibilities reasonably to be expected therefrom. The Publisher shall at no cost to the Author, provide computing facilities for any such demonstrations, but the Publisher shall not be committed to accept the Work while it is being evaluated, nor be responsible for any cost incurred by the Author.