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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 *World of Tarot* must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
*World of Tarot* 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 *World of Tarot*."
*World of Tarot* 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 *World of Tarot*
and continue to use *World of Tarot* after a reasonable trial period,
you must make a registration payment of US$ 29.-to the author via
NORTHSTAR. The US$ 29.- 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 *World of Tarot* must register and pay for
their copies of *World of Tarot* within 30 days of first use or
their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made
by contacting the author via CIS 100120,411.
Anyone distributing *World of Tarot* for any kind of remuneration
must first contact the author via CIS 100120,411 for authorization.
This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors
recognized by the (ASP).