The Real Answer program, and its documentation and other resources have been copyrighted in 1992 by Chris Forden and Josephine San. Chris Forden has trademarked the name and icon of the Real Answer program.
Although we are NOT placing this program or any part of it into the public domain, you may make and give away copies of this Real Answer‚Ñ¢ software. In fact, we want you to give copies to friends, customers, acquaintances, and distribution services (such as electronic bulletin boards and public domain and shareware disk sellers) and anyone else.
You may customize the window sizes and positions, and the menu key equivalents. If you modify Real Answer, you must not put it into general circulation or make it available to the general public.
You may not in any case delete, modify, or obscure the authors’ name or address or other information or in any way interfere with their ability to obtain remuneration.
No one has a right to stop you or anyone else from further copying or distributing it.
You may sell or rent disks or other media containing this software, or charge money for duplicating or distributing Real Answer, or use it for other commercial purposes as long as you do not tell or imply to the end-user that s/he will not owe us payment for its use. Sellers of media containing the Real Answer program may not knowingly allow other resellers in their normal distribution chain to tell or imply to end-users that the end-users will not owe us money for the use of this software. Exceptions to the reseller rule are as follows: For disks sold through a catalog, shareware payment appeals scattered through the catalog will constitute sufficient notice to the end user that s/he will owe us a use fee. Manufacturers and vendors of hard disks and systems which include hard disks may include Real Answer on hard disks they sell without any shareware fee notice to the end-user other than the appeals contained within the Real Answer program itself.
Although we have checked Real Answer™ to some extent, it is possible that it may yield wrong answers, fail to show all possible right answers, fail to operate, interfere with other software, or cause other problems under some circumstances. Therefore it is your responsibility to check your answers using other techniques, and to maintain backup copies of all important data and software. Our sole warranty is that in the event you encounter an error in the program, we will choose between replacing the defective program with a properly functioning program or returning your payment. In no event shall we be liable for consequential or special damages arising from the use or malfunction of this program. Some states prohibit or limit the exclusion of consequential damages, so that exclusion may not apply to you. Since this version of Real Answer does not try to write to disk, we believe that there is no substantial likelihood that any of your disk files would be corrupted or erased, even in the event of malfunction. However, you should always maintain recent backups of your work-- that’s just safe computing practice. Frequently save documents to disk to protect yourself from the more common event of a system crash that would force you to reboot. That is especially important if you run more than one application at once.
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Please report any problems you find with this software to us at the address shown in the main “About Real Answer” screen and provided by selecting “Register Your Copy” from the “Help” menu. Obviously for the low price we charge, we cannot afford to insure you against loss due to program malfunction, but we want to eliminate problems you encounter. If you find a bug and report it, at least we might be able to issue a revised version that performs better. That will help you, us, and others.
If too few users register (pay for) their shareware versions of Real Answer, upgrades and the planned, future, retail version may be indefinitely postponed or cancelled. Furthermore, extrinsic contractual agreements, technological changes, personal status changes, or economic circumstances beyond our control may also preclude our ability to deliver future improvements.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS INCLUDED DOCUMENTATION ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY. ACCEPTANCE OF PAYMENT FOR USE OF THIS SOFTWARE DOES NOT CREATE OR IMPLY ANY SUCH WARRANTY. DISTRIBUTORS OR SELLERS MAY HAVE MADE STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE. ANY SUCH STATEMENTS DO NOT CONSTITUTE WARRANTIES AND SHALL NOT BE RELIED UPON BY THE USER TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PAY FOR OR RELY UPON THIS SOFTWARE. THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED, AND PAYMENT FOR ITS USE IS SOLICITED, WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF CONDITIONS, HARDWARE, AND SOFTWARE WITH WHICH THIS SOFTWARE MAY BE USED, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. THE USER IS ADVISED TO TEST THIS PROGRAM THOROUGHLY AND TO VERIFY ANSWERS THROUGH INDEPENDENT MEANS INSTEAD OF RELYING SOLELY ON THIS PROGRAM'S OPERATION. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY LIABILITY OF SELLER, MANUFACTURER, OR DISTRIBUTOR WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE PAYMENT MADE FOR ITS USE.
