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- What Is 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 in detail -- 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 programmers, 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.
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- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find
- software that suits you 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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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
-
- Users of Instrumentation Custom Control Library must accept this disclaimer
- of warranty: "Instrumentation Custom Control Library 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 Instrumentation Custom Control Library."
-
- Instrumentation Custom Control Library 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 Instrumentation
- Custom Control Library and continue to use Instrumentation Custom Control
- Library after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment
- of $25 to Global Majic Software, Inc. The $25 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 by another. Just as a book cannot be read by two
- different persons at the same time.
-
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- Commercial users of Instrumentation Custom Control Library must register and
- pay for their copies of Instrumentation Custom Control Library within 30 days
- of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be
- made by contacting Global Majic Software, Inc.
-
- Anyone distributing Instrumentation Custom Control Library for any kind of
- remuneration must first contact Global Majic Software, Inc. at the address
- below for authorization.
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of Instrumentation Custom Control Library
- 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 Instrumentation Custom Control Library.
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- CONTACTING GLOBAL MAJIC SOFTWARE, INC.
-
- Global Majic Software, Inc.
- P.O. Box 322
- Madison, Alabama 35758
-
- CompuServe: 73261,3642
- Internet: 73261.3642@compuserve.com