HOT POTATOES v6 by HALF-BAKED SOFTWARE Readme.txt file (Windows version) CONTENTS 1. What is HOT POTATOES? 2. History and Previous Versions 3. Licencing and Distribution 4. LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY 5. Registration 6. Installation 1. What is HOT POTATOES? HOT POTATOES is a suite of six programs for creating interactive educational exercises for the World Wide Web. These are the programs included, along with the types of exercise they create: JQuiz: multiple-choice, true-false, text-entry or short-answer quizzes JCloze: gap-fill exercises JCross: crosswords JMix: jumbled-sentence exercises JMatch: matching and ordering exercises All of the exercises use JavaScript and HTML for their functionality. The version 6 output pages can be automatically uploaded to the www.hotpotatoes.net hosting service. They are fully XHTML 1.1-compliant. You do not need to know JavaScript or HTML in order to use these programs -- all you need to do is to enter your data (questions, answers etc.) and press a button, and the programs will create Web pages for you automatically. It couldn't be easier! HOT POTATOES was created by: Stewart Arneil (Mac and Web programming) Martin Holmes (Windows and Web programming) Hilary Street (Graphics). Commercial aspects of Hot Potatoes (such as licencing) are handled by Half-Baked Software Inc: http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/ 2. History and Previous Versions Five of these programs were originally written for Windows95 by Martin Holmes, and released as freeware in 1997, under the names JBC, JQuiz and MiniTools. Version 2 of Hot Potatoes was released in August 1998, with a maintenance release of 2.01 in the following weeks. Version 3 was dated December 1998, with a maintenance release of 3.01 for all six of the applications in January 1999. Version 4 was released in beta in December 1999, with a full release in February 2000. JMix was updated to 4.01 in March 2000. Version 4.1 was released in June 2000. Version 5.0 was first released in BETA in December 2000, and the final release was in February 2001. Version 5.1 was released at the beginning of March. Version 5.2 was released at the end of March, and updated to 5.2.0.1 in early April 2001, and then to 5.2.0.2 and 5.2.0.3 in early May. A further minor update to 5.2.0.5 was released in June. 5.3 was released in beta in December 2001, then put on full release in January. 5.3 is the first version to include the Masher. Version 5.4 was released in early March 2002. Version 5.5 (the first with support for www.hotpotatoes.net) was released in September 2002. Version 6 betas began appearing in spring 2003. The first full release of version 6.0 was in December 2003. Version 6.1 was released in December 2006. Version 6.2 was released in January 2007. Visit The Hot Potatoes Web site for updated information, new versions, and other downloads: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ 3. Licencing and Distribution The HOT POTATOES suite is distributed as shareware. If you are a non-profit- making state-funded educational institution, and you post all materials made with Hot Potatoes on a public Web site where everyone can use them freely, then you may use Hot Potatoes free of charge. You will need to buy a commercial licence if you are not in compliance with these conditions. Information on commercial licensing is available at: http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/hot_pot_licence.php Copyright laws apply to both commercial and freeware software, and the copyright holder retains all rights. You may distribute HOT POTATOES to other users free of charge, PROVIDING THAT YOU PASS ON THE WHOLE SUITE IN ITS ORIGINAL ARCHIVE FORM, DO NOT ADD OR REMOVE ANY FILES FROM THE ARCHIVE, AND DO NOT MAKE ANY CHARGE FOR IT, AND THAT YOU OBTAIN THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA AND HALF-BAKED SOFTWARE FIRST. We do not usually give permission for distribution online or on CD-ROM. 4. LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS (INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE) ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. FURTHER, THE AUTHORS DO NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE, OF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS, OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY THE USER. IF THE SOFTWARE OR WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE DEFECTIVE YOU, AND NOT THE SOFTWARE'S AUTHORS OR ITS DISTRIBUTORS, ARE LIABLE FOR ANY COSTS INCURRED. HALF-BAKED SOFTWARE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL. BY USING ANY VERSION OF HOT POTATOES YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS LIMITED WARRANTY, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. This Limited Warranty shall operate in accordance with the laws of Canada. 5. Registration In order to unlock all the features of the HOT POTATOES suite, you will need to register the programs. You can register directly from the home page at: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Just click on "Register". You will be able to get your code instantly (by email), and go into our database of users. Then start one of the potatoes, click on "Register" on the Help menu, and enter your user name and key. REGISTRATION IS FREE, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NEED TO PURCHASE A COMMERCIAL LICENSE: SEE THE TERMS EXPLAINED HERE: http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/hot_pot_licence_terms.php 6. Installation This version of HOT POTATOES is distributed as an executable file called "setup_hotpot_xxxx.exe" ("xxxx" is the version number). Run the file (double-click it) to install the programs. You can safely uninstall the suite by using the "Add/Remove Programs" utility in the Windows Control Panel. The HOT POTATOES suite is copyright Martin Holmes, Stewart Arneil, Hilary Street, Half-Baked Software, and the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre 1996-2007.