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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 pocket,
- 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 ActaeOn must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
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- "ActaeOn 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
- ActaeOn."
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- ActaeOn 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 ActaeOn and
- continue to use ActaeOn after a reasonable trial period, you
- must make a registration payment of $39.95 (+$4 S/H) to
- Shareable Software International (See ORDER.FRM). The $39.95
- 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 people at the same time.
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- Commercial users of ActaeOn must register and pay for their
- copies of ActaeOn within 30 days of first use or their
- license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made
- by contacting Shareable Software International.
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- Anyone distributing ActaeOn for any kind of remuneration must
- first contact Jon Clempner at the address below for
- authorization. This authorization will be automatically
- granted to distributors recognized by the Association of
- Shareware Authors - UK (ASA-UK) or the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines
- for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin
- offering ActaeOn immediately (However Jon Clempner must still
- be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date
- with the latest version of ActaeOn.).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of ActaeOn 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
- ActaeOn system.
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- Jon Clempner
- 20, Norleigh Road
- Northenden
- Manchester
- M22 4AZ
- ENGLAND
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- CIS : 100013,57