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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 shareware version, 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 "Beat the Bomb" must accept this disclaimer of
- warranty: "'Beat the Bomb' 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 'Beat the Bomb'."
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- "Beat the Bomb" 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. The freeware version of "Beat
- the Bomb" is FREE, however it is NOT "public domain" software.
- All files must be kept intact and unmodified. Not all shareware
- programs are free.
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- If you find this program useful you may want to order the
- enhanced version. See the file ORDER.FRM for information. The
- purchase price 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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- Anyone distributing the shareware (freeware) "Beat the Bomb" for
- any kind of remuneration must read the file VENDOR.DOC and abide
- by the instructions therin. Only First Magnitude may distribute
- the Enhanced version of "Beat the Bomb".
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- The Enhanced version of "Beat the Bomb" may not be copied except
- as stated above. However, you are encouraged to pass a copy of
- the shareware version of "Beat the Bomb" along to your friends
- for evaluation. Please encourage them to register shareware if
- they find that they can use it.
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- First Magnitude
- 175 E Alex-Bell Rd.
- Suite 220-316
- Centerville OH 45459
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- ----------------------- OMBUDSMAN -------------------------
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- This author of this program is a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
- shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
- member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
- help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
- does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
- write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442
- or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman
- 70007,3536."
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