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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 this software must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"This software 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 conse-quential, which
may result from the use of this software." This 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 this software and continue to use this software after a reasonable
trial period, you must make a registration payment to Lorenzo Pasqualis.
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.
Commercial users of this software must register and pay for their copies within
21 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may
be made by contacting Lorenzo Pasqualis at <lorenzo@kagi.com>
You are encouraged to pass a copy of this program 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 personal key code and information
about the latest version.