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- STELLA 2000
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- L I C E N S E I N F O R M A T I O N
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- Last updated: March 1998
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- This file contains important license information regarding the use of
- Coeli - Stella 2000(tm). It applies specifically to individual users who
- may wish to pass copies out to friends or associates.
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- For site licensing, please contact Swimming Elk Software directly -
- all such requests will be dealt with on an individual basis.
-
- User Groups, Computer Clubs, Disk Vendors and Distributors,
- Subscription Services, Disk-of-the-Month Clubs, etc., should
- refer to the VENDOR.TXT file for complete information relating to
- them.
-
- BBS sysops and ftp/http download site maintainers & webmasters should
- refer to the SYSOP.TXT file for complete information relating to them.
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- ~Limited License for Evaluation Purposes.
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- Swimming Elk Software hereby grants you a limited license to use this
- software for evaluation purposes either
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- a) for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or
- b) up to a usage limit of 100 program sessions,
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- whichever comes sooner.
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- If you intend using this software (and/or its documentation)
- after the thirty day evaluation period or beyond the usage limit of
- 100 program sessions, you are under a legal obligation to purchase the
- software from Swimming Elk Software.
-
- Using this software beyond the thirty day evaluation period,
- or beyond the stipulated usage limit, without registration (purchase)
- of the software is a violation of the terms of this limited license.
-
-
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- ~Limited Distribution License:
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- As the copyright holder for Stella 2000(tm), Swimming Elk Software
- authorizes distribution by individuals only in accordance with
- the following restrictions.
-
- (User Groups, Computer Clubs, Disk Vendors and Distributors,
- Subscription Services, Disk-of-the-Month Clubs, etc., should
- refer to the VENDOR.TXT file for complete information relating
- to them.)
-
- (BBS and ftp SYSOPs should refer to the SYSOP.TXT file for complete
- information relating to them.)
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- Individuals are hereby granted permission by Swimming Elk Software
- to copy the Stella 2000 software package AS ORIGINALLY DISTRIBUTED for
- their own evaluation purposes or for other individuals to evaluate, ONLY
- when the following conditions are met.
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- The Stella 2000 package is defined as containing all the
- material listed in the VENDINFO.DIZ file. If any files
- listed in VENDINFO.DIZ, or VENDINFO.DIZ itself, are missing,
- then the package is not complete and distribution is prohibited.
- Please contact us to obtain a complete package suitable for distribution.
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- o The Stella 2000 package - including all related program
- files and documentation files - CANNOT be modified in any
- way and must be distributed as a complete package, without
- exception. The VENDINFO.DIZ file contains a list of
- all files that are part of the Coeli package.
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- o No price or other compensation may be charged for the
- Stella 2000 package. A distribution cost may be
- charged for the cost of the diskette, shipping and
- handling, as long as the total (per disk) does not exceed
- US$8.00 in the U.S. and Canada, US$12.00
- for international distribution from the U.S., or
- 6 pounds sterling or its equivalent inside Europe.
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- o The Stella 2000 package CANNOT be sold as part of some
- other inclusive package, nor can it be included in any
- commercial software packaging offer, without prior
- permission from Swimming Elk Software.
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- o The PRINTED User's Guide may not be reproduced in whole or
- in part, using any means, without the written permission
- of Swimming Elk Software. In other words, the disk-based
- documentation may not be distributed in PRINTED (hardcopy)
- form.
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- o The Stella 2000 package cannot be "rented" or "leased"
- to others.
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- o Licensee shall not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify,
- decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or
- transfer the licensed software package except as provided
- in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in
- immediate and automatic termination of this license.
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- o Licensee hereby agrees not to post the Stella 2000 software
- package publicly in any ftp directory inappropriate to its
- category.
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- Eg. pc/astronomy is an appropriate directory; pc/demo is not.
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- Distributors are especially asked to avoid the following terms when
- describing the Stella 2000 software package:
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- free, freeware, free software, nag, nagware, public domain, demo,
- demonstration software, or any other term or phrase which admits of an
- interpretation not in keeping with the official product definition given.
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- Non-compliance with this request may invalidate previous license
- permissions granted by Swimming Elk Software to the Licensee.
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- Authorship of the Stella 2000 software package may not be attributed to
- any name but Swimming Elk Software.
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- PLEASE! Show your support for Shareware by registering (purchasing)
- programs you actually use. Both Swimming Elk Software and the
- very survival of shareware as a distribution channel are
- dependant upon your active co-operation and support. Thank you.
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-
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- ~OFFICIAL PRODUCT DEFINITION:
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- Fully and continuously functioning evaluation software package distributed
- via shareware channels, hereafter to be designated as Shareware, Shareware
- package, or Stella 2000 software package.
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- For definitions and explanations pertaining to matters of copyright and
- shareware distribution, we would direct you to the files Shr-ware.txt and
- ShareW.txt included as part of the Stella 2000 software package.
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- The Stella 2000(tm) software package is Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997
- Swimming Elk Software. All rights reserved. Stella 2000 is NOT a
- freeware or public domain program.
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- This software and accompanying documentation are protected by
- United States Copyright law and also by International Treaty
- provisions. Any use of this software in violation of Copyright
- law or the terms of this limited license will be prosecuted to
- the best of our ability. The conditions under which you may copy
- this software and documentation are clearly outlined above under
- "Limited Distribution License".
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- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Swimming Elk Software.
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- License Terms for Registered Copies of Stella 2000
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- The registered version (unless otherwise stated) is intended solely for
- installation on a single computer system by one registered individual.
- Distribution of the registered version of Stella 2000 is strictly prohibited.
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- CONCERNING VENDINFO FILES INCLUDED WITH THE COELI PACKAGE
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- The attached VENDINFO data record is hereby incorporated by reference.
- Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed
- in that data record is hereby authorized.
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- If the Licensee satisfies Swimming Elk Software's conditions for
- distributing the Coeli package, Swimming Elk Software authorizes the
- Licensee's use of its unaltered product-descriptive texts without further
- permission.
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- All licenses to distribute the Stella 2000 package are solely between the producer
- (Swimming Elk Software) and distributor (Licensee), and do not involve
- VENDINFO or Rams' Island Software.
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