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- DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
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- 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.
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- 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
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- Users of File Finder for Windows must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- "File Finder for Windows 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 File Finder for Windows."
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- File Finder for Windows 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
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- continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful
- and find that you are using File Finder for Windows and continue
- to use File Finder for Windows after a reasonable trial period,
- you must make a registration payment of $10 to Simian Id Software.
- The $10 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 users of File Finder for Windows must register and pay for
- their copies of File Finder for Windows within 30 days of first use
- or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made
- by contacting Simian Id Software.
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- Anyone distributing File Finder for Windows for any kind of remuneration
- must first contact Simian Id Software 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
- File Finder for Windows immediately (However, Simian Id Software must
- still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the
- latest version of File Finder for Windows.).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of File Finder for Windows 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 File Finder for Windows
- system.
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- Simian Id Software
- P.O. Box 430011
- St. Louis, MO 63143
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