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StrongSoft Engineering
3155 SW 178th Avenue
Aloha, OR 97006
The following is an explanation of Shareware and why it is
important to register. Please note that the EZ-WINDOWS Pulldown
Menu System is a Shareware product and may be freely distributed.
However, EZ-WINDOWS Volume I and future volumes are *not*
Shareware and may only be obtained directly from the author.
Please see REGISTER.DOC on registration information for both the
Pulldown Menu System and other products available from StrongSoft.
DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
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.
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.
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.
DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
Users of EZ-WINDOWS Pulldown Menu System (henceforth the EZ-WINDOWS
Pulldown Menu System shall be referred to as "EZ-WINDOWS PMS") must
accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"EZ-WINDOWS PMS 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 EZ-WINDOWS PMS."
EZ-WINDOWS PMS 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 it and continue to use it after a 30 day trial period,
you must make a registration payment to StrongSoft Engineering.
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. Please see the REGISTER.DOC
file for information on registeration..
Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting StrongSoft.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of EZ-WINDOWS PMS 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
EZ-WINDOWS PMS.