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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 FISHBYTE (tm) must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- "FISHBYTE (tm) 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 FISHBYTE (tm)."
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- FISHBYTE (tm) 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
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- to continue to develop new products. If you find this program
- useful and find that you are using FISHBYTE (tm) and continue to
- use FISHBYTE (tm) after a reasonable trial period, you must make a
- registration payment of $29.95 to EJM Computer Consulting Ltd. The
- $29.95 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 FISHBYTE (tm) must register and pay for their
- copies of FISHBYTE (tm) within 30 days of first use or their license
- is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by con-
- tacting EJM Computer Consulting Ltd.
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- Anyone distributing FISHBYTE (tm) for any kind of remuneration
- must first contact EJM Computer Consulting Ltd. at P.O. Box 154
- East Meadow, New York 11554 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
- FISHBYTE (tm) immediately. (However EJM Computer Consulting Ltd.
- must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept
- up-to-date with the latest version of FISHBYTE (tm).).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of FISHBYTE (tm) 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 the FISHBYTE (tm)
- system.
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