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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.
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- 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.
-
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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
-
- Users of PM File Compare must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "PM File Compare 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 PM File Compare."
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- See LICENSE for more information.
-
- PM File Compare 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 PM File Compare and continue to use PM File
- Compare after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of
- $45.00 to American Coders, Ltd. The $45.00 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.
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- Commercial Use
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- Commercial users of PM File Compare must register and pay for their copies of PM File
- Compare within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License
- arrangements may be made by contacting American Coders, Ltd.
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- Distribution Notice
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- Anyone distributing PM File Compare for any kind of remuneration must first contact
- American Coders, Ltd. at our 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 PM File
- Compare immediately (However American Coders, Ltd. must still be advised so that the
- distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of PM File Compare.).
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- Pass Along.
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of PM File Compare 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 PM File Compare
- system.
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