Readme file for the Wintainment 500 CD-ROM
                      CD-ROM Shareware Collection


Wintainment 500 CD-ROM, copyright 1997. This work is protected under International 
laws and treaties. Programs and registered trademarks belong to their 
respective owners.

You are encouraged to copy any shareware, freeware, demo, and public domain 
file from this CD. YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED to lease, rent, use within the 
context of a promotion, or any other use, especially commercial uses such as
charging for more than a "regular" and acceptable copying fee are prohibited,
unless you receive written permission from us, the publishers of this 
compilation. The interface included on this CD is copyright (c) 1995 LCDCAN
Publishing.

LCDCAN is not responsible in any manner as to the performance and consequences 
resulting from the use of this CD or the software on this CD-ROM. All programs,
including the interface, are offered as is, and no one of our authorized 
distributors, employees, or anyone else involved in the production and/or 
distribution of this CD, directly or indirectly, can be held responsible 
for the manner in which the product is used. Please also remember that the
shareware programs on this CD require for the most part that a fee be given
to appropriate parties if you continue using these programs. These authors 
give their best effort to offer you these applications: please encourage 
them.

Shareware is a distribution method developped so as to offer the consumer
the opportunity to try out programs at their leisure. After a certain 
amount of time of use, the user is to register the product, by paying a 
reasonable fee. 

Shareware programs are the property of the author(s) and/or copyright 
holders. The authors/owners give you a limited right of use for their 
work. You cannot sell/lease, package with a commercial product, among 
other things ( more specific information is offered in the text file 
offered with every software package). We are supplying you with a wide 
selection, for evaluation purposes, and in no way whatsoever do we or you 
own any rights to the software programs. Our part is limited to distribute
programs in return for a fee covering costs related to getting you these 
programs. In other words, your cost is to cover handling, copying and other
related fees. 

More to the point: shareware involves an enormous amount of effort on
the part of the creator(s). Registration fees are usually very reasonable.
In many instances, when you register a program, there are many extras that
may be offered to you, such as free updates, published manual, support, 
and many others.

Shareware has been key to helping millions of users extract better use
and performance from their computers. Help them by encouraging these 
valiant workers.

Freeware software are programs can be distributed any which way, yet 
in most cases, the author will retain the copyright. Freeware does not
require you to pay a registration fee, though many authors would not 
mind receiving some acknowledgement. One original way to do so is for
users to send your software author a postcard. They deserve it fully.

Public Domain refers to a work that has no copyright restriction. 
In other words, no limitations whatsoever is made unto the distribution
or the product itself.