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- BBEdit Lite Licensing and Distribution
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- BBEdit Lite is Freeware
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- BBEdit Lite is a freely distributable, copyrighted program, otherwise
- known as "freeware". There is no registration process, no fee
- requested or required, no obligation on your part, and no guilt.
-
- We at Bare Bones Software do not produce or develop "shareware"; it
- has been our direct experience that many people simply ignore
- shareware notices. The cost of goods related to distributing BBEdit
- Lite is very low, and can be recouped by means other than
- (unsuccessfully) trying to shame users into paying some small amount
- of money for a program.
-
- We believe that when users of a program make the financial sacrifice
- to obtain a piece of software, they should expect, and receive,
- significant value added. This is why a commercial distribution of
- BBEdit exists.
-
- If you feel compelled to pay us for BBEdit Lite, don't. If you need
- the capabilities that the commercial version of BBEdit has to offer,
- we encourage you to order your own copy of BBEdit. See the information
- in the folder "Upgrading to BBEdit 5.1" for more details.
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- License Requirements
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- Although BBEdit Lite is free, it is not "public domain". It is a
- copyrighted software program, and Bare Bones Software, Inc. reserves
- all rights; therefore:
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- * BBEdit Lite cannot be sold, either by itself or in combination
- with any other product, without the express written permission of
- Bare Bones Software, Inc.
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- * If you are a user group which is publishing a CD-ROM or floppy
- collection, you may include BBEdit Lite and all of its related
- files without restriction, save that the entire original package
- is included. Contact Bare Bones Software for up-to-date versions
- and information.
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- * If you are a hard disk vendor which distributes PD, shareware, and
- freeware on your disk drives, you are welcome to distribute BBEdit
- Lite. Contact Bare Bones Software for up-to-date versions and
- information.
-
- * Commercial publishers and distributors of CD-ROM software
- collections, to include any and all software compilations provided
- as an adjunct to printed or online publications, may not
- distribute BBEdit Lite on CD-ROM without the express written
- permission of Bare Bones Software, Inc.
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- * BBEdit Lite may be posted on an information service which charges
- its users for general connection time and downloading, but it may
- NOT be posted to an information service which will charge for the
- specific right to download BBEdit Lite, without the express
- written permission of Bare Bones Software, Inc.
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- * BBEdit Lite may be given away as a support utility for a package
- which is itself to be given away. People who need to distribute
- BBEdit Lite as a support utility should contact Bare Bones
- Software for up-to-date versions and information.
-
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- Please address all correspondence to:
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- Postal: Bare Bones Software, Inc.
- P.O. Box 1048
- Bedford, MA 01730
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- Web: <http://www.barebones.com/>
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- email: <sales@barebones.com> -- licensing inquiries only
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- <support@barebones.com> -- all technical questions
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- Phone: +1 781 687-0700
- Fax: +1 781-687-0711
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- Please note that we cannot provide technical support for BBEdit Lite or
- our other freeware products via phone or fax.
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- Additional Acknowledgements
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- The regular-expression library used for 'grep' searching is based on the
- 'regexp' package, written by Henry Spencer of the University of Toronto.
- Pete Keleher provided a Mac- compatible version, from which BBEdit's
- code is derived.
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- Copyrights
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- All products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of
- their respective holders.
-
- This document is written by and copyright (c)1995-2000 by Bare Bones
- Software, Inc. It may be redistributed freely as long as it is not
- modified in any way. Information presented here is accurate as of the
- time of writing, but is subject to change without notice.
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- BBEdit Lite is copyright (c)1992-1999 Bare Bones Software, Inc., all
- rights reserved. Please see the preceding section of this document for
- distribution requirements.
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- ==end==
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