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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