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.
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.
Take Note 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 Take Note and continue to use Take Note after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $15.00 to RRA. The $15.00 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.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of Take Note 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 Take Note system.
Commercial users of Take Note must register and pay for their copies of Take Note within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by con- tacting RRA.
Anyone distributing Take Note for any kind of remuneration must first contact RRA 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 Take Note immediately (However RRA must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of Take Note).
Support
Tech support is available to registered users by telephone, as well as through Compuserve at Compuserve E-Mail account #72416,1215.
Registered users of Take Note are entitled to free tech support for 3 months from the date of registration.
Your comments and feedback about Take Note are welcome. I can be reached on Compuserve, #72416,1215.
Take Note may not be modified in any way without the express permission of the author.
Association of Shareware Professionals
Vik Rubenfeld is 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 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
