Shareware

 

BROTHER'S KEEPER is a Shareware product protected by Copyright.  It is NOT public domain or free software.  Shareware is a method of distributing software, whereby copies may be passed around and each user may determine whether or not the program is suitable for him or her. After you have tested this program for yourself, and if you find it to be useful for you, you are requested to send the registration fee to the author of the program, John Steed.  The author of the program is not paid any fee when you buy a disk from a user group or company selling Shareware.  The only way the author gets paid is when you register.  If you want to encourage programs of this type, please register by sending $45 and the registration form which can be printed from the main screen by picking Help, then How to register.

 

Registered users will be sent the current version and a printed manual and receive technical support, a password to turn on all features, and they are entitled to use the program, and all future upgrades to the program.  They will also receive substantial discounts on future versions.  The extra features currently include the ability to create RTF (Rich Text Format) reports of the book style reports, to do a Soundex search in Word Search, to print a 6 generation ancestor chart, to print pictures of the children on the Group sheets, to print a single page from the Preview screen, and the ability to print or display a Picture Summary from the Other menu. 

 

If you have purchased the registered version of Brother's Keeper, then the bottom of the main screen should say "registered version".  If it does not, then pick Help, Enter registration number and type in the numbers that are inside the cover of the Brother's Keeper manual that you received.

 

Minor upgrades are made frequently to the program, so you may wish to check to see if a new feature you desire has been added.   You can read about recent changes and download the current version from the Internet at: 

 

http://www.bkwin.com  

or

http://www.bkwin.net  

 

If you share this program with others, please give them the BKSETUP6.EXE file.  If you also want to share your data files, you may pick File, Backup data files.   

 

If anyone sells copies of Brother's Keeper or offers Brother's Keeper "free" with the purchase of any other product, they must explain to the buyer that they are getting the shareware version of Brother's Keeper and that there is a $45 fee to be paid to John Steed if they wish to register the product to get the manual and technical support.  They may explain that shareware is a "try before you buy" system.  Anyone that sells copies of Brother's Keeper and does not notify the buyer in their advertising or on the CD that it is shareware is violating the copyright. Anyone that advertises Brother's Keeper for sale on a web page must indicate on their web page that Brother's Keeper is shareware.  No one may charge more than $10 for copies of Brother's Keeper without permission from John Steed.  No one may give or sell their Brother's Keeper password or any valid password to another person.  

 

There are a few companies that buy directly from John Steed and sell registered copies of Brother's Keeper.  They will provide you with a printed manual (a white and blue paperback book) with the registration number and password inside the cover.  Those companies currently include S&N Genealogy Supplies, Testware Publishing, Ancestral Computer Company (Phil Young), Michael Pahlow, and South Australian Genealogy Society. When you purchase the program from them, please send John Steed your name and address and registration number and you will be added to the mailing list to be eligible for discounts on updates. The Danish version of BK is also sold by Chris Jorgensen.  The German version of BK is also sold by Walter Kolzer and he does not provide the English printed manual.  He will provide you with a registration number and password.  If you need to contact John Steed, please include your registration number and address. 

 

If anyone else sells you Brother's Keeper and gives you a password, please notify John Steed of the registration number and who sold you the program.  They might be a new dealer, but if they are not authorized to be giving out passwords, John would like to know about it.  There is no reason for you to give your password to any other person.  If someone asks you for your password, please notify John Steed.

  

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 157-F Love Ave., Greenwood IN 46142  USA,  FAX 317-888-2195, or send email to omb@asp-shareware.org

 

If you have any problem with the program, contact John Steed directly.   (use phone or email for fastest response.)

 

   John Steed

   6907 Childsdale Ave

   Rockford, MI  49341

   U.S.A.

 

   Phone (616) 364-5503

   

   Email  Brothers_Keeper@msn.com

   Internet web sites:  

      http://www.bkwin.com 

      http://www.bkwin.net

   FAX  (616) 866-3345