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DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE:
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 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.
DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT:
Users of POSTAL CONSULTANT must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"POSTAL CONSULTANT 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 POSTAL CONSULTANT."
POSTAL CONSULTANT 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 POSTAL CONSULTANT and continue to use POSTAL CONSULTANT
after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of
$29.95 to MASTERWARE. The $29.95 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.
Commercial users of POSTAL CONSULTANT must register and pay for their copies
of POSTAL CONSULTANT within 30 days of first use or their license is
withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting MASTERWARE.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of POSTAL CONSULTANT 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 POSTAL CONSULTANT system.
Thank you, John G. Kacmarcik, Jr. - MASTERWARE
2442 Tilghman Street
Allentown, PA 18104
(215)437-9668