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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 PAINTED DESERT must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
-
- PAINTED DESERT 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 conse-
- quential, which may result from the use of PAINTED DESERT.
-
- PAINTED DESERT 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 PAINTED DESERT and continue to
- use PAINTED DESERT after a reasonable trial period, you must make
- a registration payment of $10.00 to RONALD BLOCHER. The $10.00
- 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 PAINTED DESERT must register and pay for
- their copies of PAINTED DESERT within 30 days of first use or
- their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be
- made by contacting RONALD BLOCHER.
-
- Anyone distributing PAINTED DESERT for any kind of remuneration must
- first contact RONALD BLOCHER 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 PAINTED DESERT
- immediately (However RONALD BLOCHER must still be advised so that the
- distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of PAINTED
- DESERT.)
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of PAINTED DESERT 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 the PAINTED DESERT,
- and 90 day technical support.
-
-
- PAINTED DESERT is produced by 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 member's products. Please
- write to the ASP Ombudsman at:
-
- ASP Ombudsman
- 545 Grover Road
- Muskegon, MI 49442
-
- or send a Compuserve message via Easyplex electronic mail to the
- ASP Ombudsman, CompuServe ID number 70475, 1071.
-
-
- To Register:
-
- Send $10.00 in check or money order to:
-
- Ronald Blocher
- 2203 Summer Place Drive
- Arlington, TX 76014
-
- With registration, user will receive the latest version of
- PAINTED DESERT, and technical support for 90 days, plus the
- latest Registered version of WORD SLIDE PUZZLES, series #2. To
- receive technical support send questions and/or problems to the
- above address.
-