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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.
-
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- REGISTRATION AGREEMENT
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- APCAL 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. This is not free software, if you
- continue to use APCAL after a reasonable trial period, you
- MUST make a registration payment of $25.00 to Gamma Software or
- discontinue use. In order for Gamma Software to be able to
- continue developing this product we must receive support from
- those people who use it. We receive no portion of any fees paid
- to shareware distributors.
-
- If you do not continue to use the program, but would like to offer
- suggestions for future changes/enhancements to the program that
- would make it useful to you, then send them to the address below.
- If any of your suggestions are implemented and you would like to
- be notified when they are made, then indicate such and also include
- your address or Compuserve ID.
-
- The $25.00 registration fee will license one copy for use on any
- one computer at any one time.
-
- Commercial users of APCAL must register and pay for their
- copies of APCAL within 30 days of first use or their license
- is withdrawn. Site-Licenses available. Call for details.
-
- APCAL cannot be distributed for any kind of remuneration.
- See the file VENDOR.DOC for distribution requirements.
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of APCAL 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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- HOW TO REGISTER
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- When you execute the shareware version of the APCAL program,
- a shareware registration screen is displayed at the beginning of
- the program. Press the TAB key to highlight the "Print Registration
- Invoice" option and press Enter.
-
- If you prefer you can print the registration invoice directly by
- typing the following command:
- "PRINT REGISTER.DOC"
- at a DOS prompt (while in the APCAL directory).
-
- Fill in the invoice and mail it to:
-
- Gamma Software
- P.O. Box 8191
- Fort Collins, CO 80526
- U.S.A.
-
- along with your payment or credit card information.
-
- A quicker way to register APCAL is to call (800) 747-9960 or
- (303) 490-2928 and we will take your credit card information over
- the phone and ship your order.
-
- Purchase orders and COD orders are not accepted.
-
-
- INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT OPTIONS
- -----------------------------
- We accept the following methods of payment from those people outside
- the US. They are listed in order of preference.
-
- 1. Charge it to your VISA or MasterCard.
- 2. Send a check in US dollars drawn on a US bank.
- 3. Send a Postal Money Order. In most countries you can get a
- Postal Money Order, in US dollars.
- 4. Send a check drawn on a bank in your own country. Use the
- current conversion rate to convert to your local currency.
- We charge a $10 fee to process these checks.
-
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- WHAT YOU GET WITH REGISTRATION
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- - The latest version of the software with all shareware messages
- removed.
- - A printed manual.
- - Notification of the next update.
- - Low cost upgrades.
- - Technical support via phone, CompuServe or mail.
- - A FREE text file comparison utility ($15 value).
- - A FREE DOS time / date display TSR ($10 value).
- - A free CompuServe membership with a $15 usage credit.
- - Discount on a Shareware Magazine subscription.
- - Other, related, shareware programs.
- - A good feeling knowing you are supporting shareware.
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- ASP 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 or
- send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman
- 70007,3536.
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