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- DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
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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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- 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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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
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- Users of Cross-Stitch Designer must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- "Cross-Stitch Designer 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 conse-
- quential, which may result from the use of Cross-Stitch Designer."
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- Cross-Stitch Designer 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
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- continue to develop new products. If you find this program
- useful and find that you are using Cross-Stitch Designer and
- continue to use Cross-Stitch Designer after a reasonable trial
- period, you must make a registration payment of $35 to HobbyWare.
- The $35 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 Cross-Stitch Designer must register and pay
- for their copies of Cross-Stitch Designer within 15 days of first
- use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be
- made by contacting HobbyWare.
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- Anyone distributing Cross-Stitch Designer for any kind of
- remuneration must first contact HobbyWare 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 Cross-Stitch Designer immediately (However
- HobbyWare must still be advised so that the distributor can be
- kept up-to-date with the latest version of Cross-Stitch Designer.).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of Cross-Stitch Designer 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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