This appendix discusses issues specific to putting QuickTime on a CD-ROM what software to include, where to get it, licensing, and so on.

QuickTime Software

If you put QuickTime content on a CD, your customers need to have QuickTime installed on their computers to experience it.

You don't have to include the QuickTime installation software on the CD, of course, but you probably want to, if only for the convenience of your customers. Besides, that way you know they have a version of QuickTime compatible with your CD content.

There are two kinds of installers for QuickTime the Web installer, which gets the latest version of QuickTime from Apple over the Internet, and the stand-alone installer, which installs QuickTime from a set of files that accompany the installer. For a CD-ROM, you generally want the stand-alone installer.

There are separate installers for Windows and Macintosh if you're creating a cross-platform CD, you want both. You can either direct your customers to the proper folder or you can build the CD so that only the appropriate folder is visible for a given operating system; see "Making Cross-Platform CDs" (page 669).

You need a license from Apple to redistribute QuickTime. It doesn't cost anything you just need to fill out a form. Then you download the installers you need, burn your CDs, and send two sample copies to Apple.

The exact details are subject to change, so go to

developer.apple.com/mkt/swl/agreements.html#QuickTime

Download the PDF agreement and the QuickTime CD-ROM installer for developers (you don't need a license...