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What Is 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 in detail -- 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 programmers, 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 you 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 Instrumentation Custom Control Library must accept this disclaimer
of warranty: "Instrumentation Custom Control Library 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 Instrumentation Custom Control Library."
Instrumentation Custom Control Library 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 Instrumentation
Custom Control Library and continue to use Instrumentation Custom Control
Library after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment
of $25 to Global Majic Software, Inc. The $25 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 by another. Just as a book cannot be read by two
different persons at the same time.
Commercial users of Instrumentation Custom Control Library must register and
pay for their copies of Instrumentation Custom Control Library within 30 days
of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be
made by contacting Global Majic Software, Inc.
Anyone distributing Instrumentation Custom Control Library for any kind of
remuneration must first contact Global Majic Software, Inc. at the address
below for authorization.
You are encouraged to pass a copy of Instrumentation Custom Control Library
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 Instrumentation Custom Control Library.
CONTACTING GLOBAL MAJIC SOFTWARE, INC.
Global Majic Software, Inc.
P.O. Box 322
Madison, Alabama 35758
CompuServe: 73261,3642
Internet: 73261.3642@compuserve.com