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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 FastTimer Component for Delphi must accept this disclaimer of
- warranty: "FastTimer Component for Delphi 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 FastTimer Component for
- Delphi."
-
- FastTimer Component for Delphi 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
- FastTimer Component for Delphi and continue to use FastTimer Component
- for Delphi after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration
- payment to Eric Nielsen. Registration fees are explained on the order
- form. 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. Certain portions of the FastTimer
- Component for Delphi may be redistributed royalty-free by registered
- users of the FastTimer Component for Delphi with products that use the
- Component. These portions include FASTTIME.DLL and any code linked from
- FASTTIME.DCU, and, in the case of source-code registered users, any code
- compiled and linked from the source-code whether original or modified.
-
- Commercial users of FastTimer Component for Delphi must register and pay
- for their copies of FastTimer Component for Delphi within 30 days of
- first use or their license is withdrawn. See the order form for
- Site-License arrangements.
-
- The evaluation version of FastTimer Component for Delphi may be
- distributed freely by shareware and CDROM vendors, and through online
- services such as BBS'es and other systems, provided that all the files
- listed below (and only the files listed below) are included as part of
- the FastTimer Component for Delphi package, and that they remain intact
- and unchanged. Please consider contacting Eric Nielsen at the address
- below so that you will the latest version.
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of FastTimer Component for Delphi
- along to your friends and colleagues 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
- FastTimer Component for Delphi.
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