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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 WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 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 WinFOSSIL for Windows 95.
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- WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 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 WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 and continue
- to use WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 after a reasonable trial period, you must
- make a registration payment of $15 US funds to Woodruff Software Systems.
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- The 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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- Additional charges:
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- - 3.5" diskette with the latest version, US $5.00.
- - International shipping, US $2.00 each diskette
- - Washington state residents must add 8.2% sales tax.
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- Commercial users of WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 must register and pay for
- their copies of WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 within 30 days of first use or
- their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by
- contacting Woodruff Software Systems.
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- Anyone distributing WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 for any kind of remuneration
- must first contact Woodruff Software Systems 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 WinFOSSIL
- for Windows 95 immediately (However Woodruff Software Systems must still
- be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest
- version of WinFOSSIL for Windows 95).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of WinFOSSIL for Windows 95 along to your
- friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if
- they find that they can use it.
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- Woodruff Software Systems
- 1020 SW 10th St.
- North Bend, WA 98045
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- email: woodruff@halcyon.com
- www: http://www.halcyon.com/woodruff/www
- ftp: ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/local/woodruff
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