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- LICENSING AND REGISTRATION
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- All versions of EasyCASE, from version 1.1 on, are NOT Public Domain
- software nor are they Free software. Currently, EasyCASE is a
- SHAREWARE program and requires the user to register the program if he
- or she intends to use it except for the purpose of limited evaluation
- described below. Registration grants the user a licence to use
- EasyCASE on a single computer at any one time.
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- Non-registered users are granted a limited licence to use EasyCASE
- on a trial basis for the purpose of evaluation and determining if
- EasyCASE is suitable for their needs. Use of EasyCASE, except for this
- limited purpose, requires the user to register the product.
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- All users of the SHAREWARE version of EasyCASE are granted limited
- licence to copy the product only for the trial use by others, subject
- to the above limitations, provided that EasyCASE is copied in its full
- and unmodified form. That is, the copy must include all files
- necessary to permit full operation of the program, this licence
- agreement, registration form and full documentation. No fee, charge,
- licence, warranty, registration obligation or other compensation of
- any kind may be accepted by the donor or recipient in exchange for a
- copy of EasyCASE.
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- Operators of Electronic Bulletin Board Systems (BBS Sysops) may
- permit the SHAREWARE version of EasyCASE to be downloaded by any user,
- and any user may be permitted to upload a copy of EasyCASE to a BBS,
- with the Sysop's permission, provided the above conditions are met.
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- Use of non-registered copies of EasyCASE by any person in connection
- with a business, corporation, educational establishment or government
- agency is forbidden. Such users must register the product and/or
- purchase a site licence agreement.
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- Registration of EasyCASE licences you to use the product on a
- regular basis and entitles you to receive notification of bug-fixes,
- enhancements, extensions, upgrades etc. and product technical support
- relating to the use and application of EasyCASE.
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- Registration covers the use of the product, by the registered user
- only, and provides you with the latest version of EasyCASE on disk and
- a complete, more comprehensive printed and bound copy of the user
- manual.
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- As a registered user, you will be notified of future EasyCASE
- upgrades and revisions and offered the opportunity to acquire them at
- a preferred rate and also, for a limited time, you will be provided
- with minor upgrades, bug-fixes etc. free of charge. You will also be
- able to upgrade to EasyCASE Plus.
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- Shareware is copyrighted by its author and cannot be distributed
- without the author's permission. The author retains all rights (unlike
- Public Domain software) to a shareware program and can make changes to
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- it, or withdraw it from public use as he or she wishes. The
- distribution of shareware is encouraged by the author so that others
- may evaluate it and determine if it meets their needs, use of which
- beyond a reasonable evaluation period requires the user to register
- his or her copy of the program.
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- The Shareware concept, known also as user supported software, is
- beneficial to both the developer and the user. The user benefits from
- this 'try before you buy' approach because it enables him or her to
- obtain the program at a minimal investment, typically only the connect
- and line charges for telephone connection to a bulletin board or
- CompuServe, GEnie etc. or the price of the disks and shipping (usually
- $5 - $10) from shareware vendors such as Public Brand Software or PC-
- Sig, and then spend some time determining if the program meets his or
- her needs in terms of functions, user interface, performance, hardware
- investment, speed, features etc.
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- If after a trial period, typically one month, the user wishes to
- continue using the program, he or she must then register it and so be
- entitled to the latest version, full documentation, upgrades,
- technical support etc. However, if after the trial period, the user
- does not find the program suitable, he or she should cease using the
- program and/or pass it on for other potential users to evaluate.
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- The shareware approach is additionally beneficial to both the user
- and developer because, as the software is user supported, the user may
- suggest or request certain enhancements, additions etc. for
- consideration by the developer who is usually only too willing to
- cater to the needs of users and usually at only minimal cost. How many
- times have you been unable to afford or spent a large amount of money
- on a commercially available program only to find that it does not
- really meet your needs, was vastly over-priced or you later find that
- you have to spend even more money for additional features, upgrades
- etc. and that program ends up as 'shelfware'?. The shareware approach
- is intended to try to address these problems and provide the user with
- high quality, affordable software.
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- August 29th, 1989
- Evergreen CASE Tools,
- 11025 164th. Avenue NE,
- Redmond, WA 98052.
- Telephone : 206-881-5149
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- MEMBER ASP - Association of Shareware Professionals
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