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- Shareware
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- This file contains the same information as the "Shareware"
- chapter in the User's Manual. It is provided here in a separate
- file for your convenience and to emphasize its importance.
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- The ASP Ombudsman
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- Samkhya is 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 member's 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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- Shareware
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- The following information is provided courtesy of the Association
- of Shareware Professionals (ASP). This describes what shareware
- is and how you benefit:
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- 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.
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- Shareware
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- 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.
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- 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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- This is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to
- you 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.
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- If you find MacroPIK'r useful and find that you are using it and
- continue to use it after a reasonable trial period, Please make a
- registration payment of $35.00 US to SAMKHYA. The $35
- registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
- computer at any one time. You will receive a receipt, a copy of
- the current version of MacroPIK'r, one year of support and
- upgrades, and a bonus package of useful utilities. See the Order
- Form (file MP-ORDER.FRM) for details.
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- Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting SAMKHYA.
- This is very economical if you plan to license more than one or
- two copies.
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- Anyone distributing MacroPIK'r for remuneration must contact
- SAMKHYA for authorization.
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- This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors
- recognized by the ASP as adhering to its guidelines for shareware
- distributors, and such distributors may begin offering MacroPIK'r
- immediately (However SAMKHYA must still be advised so that the
- distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of
- MacroPIK'r).
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- If you are in the business of distributing shareware, please
- contact SAMKHYA so that you can be sure to get the most recent
- version and updates. See the files "VENDOR.DOC" or "SYSOP.DOC"
- for more information. Call or write if you have questions or
- suspect that files may be missing or damaged.
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- Note that even if you paid a small amount of money for the disk
- that included MacroPIK'r, that does not mean that you have
- registered. There are many businesses that sell bundles of
- shareware for a small fee to cover the cost of the diskettes and
- other overhead. Also, hard disk vendors may include a collection
- of shareware with each hard disk they sell. In each case, you
- are encouraged to try whatever programs look useful, but you
- still have to register if you end up using it.
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of MacroPIK'r along to your
- friends for evaluation. Be sure you include all of the files
- that came with MacroPIK'r when you pass it along -- or just give
- them the self-extracing archive "MPIK.EXE" so that all the files
- and documentation are kept together in the least amount of space.
- And please encourage them to register their copy if they find
- that they benefit from it.
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