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- GoldED shareware definition and disclaimer. Last update: 940214
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- --- Introduction
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- This document defines the Shareware concept and contains a disclaimer
- for the GoldED product.
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- The text below is based on a document which was provided by the ASP
- (Association of Shareware Professionals) organization as a sample
- shareware definition / disclaimer.
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- Odinn Sorensen (The GoldED Author) is not a member of, or associated
- with, the ASP, but generally approves of its purpose and practices.
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- --- Definition of Shareware
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- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. 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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- 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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- 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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- --- Disclaimer - Agreement
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- Odinn Sorensen is The Author of GoldED.
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- Users of GoldED must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
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- "GoldED 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 GoldED."
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- GoldED 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 GoldED and
- continue to use GoldED after a trial period of 30 days, you must make
- a registration payment to Odinn Sorensen or an appointed registration
- site/reseller in your area or country. 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.
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- Commercial users of GoldED are subject to the same conditions as
- private users. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting
- Odinn Sorensen directly.
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- Anyone distributing GoldED for any kind of remuneration must first
- contact Odinn Sorensen at the address below for authorization. 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 GoldED immediately (However
- Odinn Sorensen must still be advised so that the distributor can be
- kept up-to-date with the latest version of GoldED).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of GoldED along to your friends for
- evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find
- that they can use it.
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- --- Thanks
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- Thank you for reading this document. I hope you feel that shareware is
- a good concept, and that you find GoldED worthy of your attention and
- registration.
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- Odinn Sorensen, GoldED Author.
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- --- Author contact information
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- Address:
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- Goldware International
- Odinn Sorensen
- Boeslunde Byvej 114
- DK-4242 Boeslunde
- Denmark, Europe
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- Phones and FidoNet address:
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- Voice +45-53540015
- Data/Fax +45-53540063 ZyXEL 19.2 kbps faxmodem (FidoNet 2:234/159)
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