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International Cricket is being distributed as Shareware
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.
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 pocket, 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 us 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 International Cricket must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"INTERNATIONAL CRICKET 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 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET."
International Cricket 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 International Cricket and continue to use International
Cricket after a 30 day period, you must make a registration fee of at least
15 UKP or US$ 25 to Daniel Thomas. The registration fee will licence 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 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 International Cricket must register and pay for their
copies of International Cricket within 30 days of first use or their licence
is withdrawn. Site-Licence arrangements may be made by contacting Daniel
Thomas.
Anyone wishing to distribute International Cricket for any kind of
renumeration must first satisfy the requirements outlined in VENDOR.TXT.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of International Cricket 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 International Cricket.