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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 AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
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- Users of Solve-It must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- "Solve-It" 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 Solve-It.
- Good data processing procedure dictates that any program be
- thoroughly tested with non-critical data before relying on it,
- and the user assumes the entire risk of using the program."
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- Solve-It 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.
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- If you find this program useful and find that you are using
- Solve-It and continue to use Solve-It after a
- reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of
- $14.95 (plus $5.00 S&H per order) to Compleat Software.
- The $14.95 registration fee will license one copy for use on
- any one computer at any one time.
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- 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 Solve-It must register and pay for their
- copies of Solve-It within 30 days of first use or their
- license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by
- contacting Compleat Software.
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- Anyone distributing Solve-It for any kind of remuneration
- must first contact Compleat 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
- Solve-It immediately (However, Compleat Software must still
- be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the
- latest version of Solve-It).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of Solve-It 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 Solve-It.
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- Compleat Software
- Ellingson & Associates, Inc.
- 11 Demorest Ave
- Atlanta, GA 30305
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