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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 Personalized Training Diary must accept this
disclaimer of warranty:
Personalized Training Diary is supplied as is. The
author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied,
including, without limitation, the warranties of
merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The
author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
consequential, which may result from the use of
Personalized Training Diary.
The trial version of Personalized Training Diary is a
"shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for
evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please
do not give it away altered or as part of another system. 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 Personalized Training Diary and continue to use
Personalized Training Diary after a reasonable trial period, you
must make a registration payment of $49.95 to Lake fFfips
Software. The $49.95 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.
Commercial users of Personalized Training Diary must
register and pay for their copies of Personalized Training Diary
within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn.
Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Lake fFfips
Software.
Anyone distributing Personalized Training Diary for any
kind of remuneration must first contact Lake fFfips Software 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 Personalized Training Diary immediately.
However, Lake fFfips Software must still be advised so that the
distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of
Personalized Training Diary.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of the trial version of
Personalized Training Diary along to your friends for
evaluation. 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 PTD with registration and trial
information removed and a professionally printed copy of the
manual.
OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT
Lake fFfips Software, Inc. is a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442
or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to 70007,3536.