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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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- Public Address 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 Public Address and continue to
- use Public Address after a 30 day trial period, you must make
- a registration payment. 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 people at the
- same time.
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- Anyone distributing Public Address for any kind of remuneration
- must first read the file entitled VENDOR.DOC.
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- For information on the benefits of registering please read the file
- entitled REGISTER.DOC.
- Ombudsman Statement
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- This program is produced by a member of the Association
- of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure
- that the shareware principle works for you. If you are
- unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP
- member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able
- to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute
- or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
- technical support for members' products. Please write to
- the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-
- 9427 U.S.A. or send a Compuserve message via CompuServe Mail
- to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536
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- Public Address was produced by:
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- Chris M. Davies
- Paradise Programming
- P.O. Box 1231
- Shelton, WA 98584-0948
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- CompuServe 70322,231
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