Copyright (c) 1994 All Rights Reserved The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT Users of RT-Expert must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "RT-Expert is supplied as is. The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation disclaims all other warranties either expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of RT-Expert." RT-Expert is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but you must share all the files you received, including this one. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using RT-Expert and continue to use RT-Expert after a 30-day trial period, you must make a registration payment of $49 to The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation. The $49 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. [Please see the file 'REGISTER.TXT' for a registration form you can print out and mail or fax to us at the address below.] Commercial users of RT-Expert must register and pay for their copies of RT-Expert within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation. Anyone distributing RT-Expert for any kind of remuneration must first contact The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering RT-Expert immediately (However The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of RT-Expert.). You also agree to not distribute any software you create using RT-Expert for a profit. You are allowed to distribute a program made using RT-Expert for free, as long as it was made with a registered version of RT-Expert, and you state somewhere in the opening or main help screen for the program that it was made using RT-Expert. Any source code you create is your own, and you can distribute it, sell it, or keep it to yourself. If you do wish to distribute a program made using RT-Expert for profit, please contact The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation for information. You are encouraged to pass a copy of RT-Expert along to your friends for evaluation. Please be sure to give them all the files that you received, and also please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the RT-Expert system and a printed and bound copy of the Tutorial Manual and the Programmer's Manual. The Real-Time Intelligent Systems Corporation 30 Sever St. Worcester, MA 01609 E-Mail: rtis@world.std.com Phone: (508) 752-5567 Fax: (508) 752-5491