Purchasing a HelpIndex Licence

Last modified: 21 February 1997.
Page Contents
Copyright
Evaluation Licence
HelpIndex Versions and Prices
Purchase Benefits
How to purchase
Paying more for more!
Distribution
Reselling
Warranty
Contacting PHD
Other sales and support outlets

Copyright

HelpIndex, MakeHelpIndex and their component classes are Copyright © 1996,1997 PHD Computer Consultants Ltd.
It is illegal to use HelpIndex beyond the 30 day evaluation period without purchasing the full version. You must not reuse, decompile or otherwise misuse the HelpIndex classes.
Note carefully that the words "pay" or "purchase" mean the purchase of a licence to use the software, not purchase of the software outright.

Even if you "do not get round to paying" please email us to let us know that you are using HelpIndex and give us feedback.

Evaluation Licence

HelpIndex version 1.7.1 and MakeHelpIndex are available for evaluation purposes only for free for 30 days. There is no lock-out mechanism after this period.

Note that the evaluation HelpIndex only has an Index form and is deliberately limited to displaying a maximum of 500 indices and a maximum of 100 URLs. This will in fact be big enough for a lot of sites.
The full version of the software has no limits.

By downloading the software, you are accepting a licence to evaluate HelpIndex for 30 days. Paying for the full software gives a further licence to use unlimited HelpIndex for 12 months.

From the date that you receive the development kit, you have 30 days free trial. When the 30 days are up, please pay for the full version or remove HelpIndex from your system and web pages. If you pay before 30 days, then your free trial is deemed to have ended.

Note that people who use your site do not have to pay to use HelpIndex. If people can download all your site then they will have to license HelpIndex after 30 days.

HelpIndex Versions and Prices

Price Description Indices URLs
Version 1.7.1 Try for 30 days Evaluation 500 max 100 max
Version 1.7.1 £30 (US$45) Full version unlimited unlimited
Version 2.x £50 (US$75) Full version unlimited unlimited

You may be able to receive a source licence if you can satisfy us that you are not developing a rival product. A once-off copy of the source code costs £450. A source copy of each release in the coming year costs £600.

For sales to the United Kingdom, the prices include VAT at 17.5%. If you are in the European Union and are VAT registered then please tell us your VAT number, and we will bill you the amount above without any VAT. Sales outside the EU have no sales tax, ie the amount above.
Different sales tax rules may apply for our outlets.

Purchase Benefits

How to purchase

To purchase a license for the full software, please let us know what software you want, who you are, where you are, your email address and how you want to pay us. Please also let us know the web page address where you are using HelpIndex.

We will deliver by email the unlimited version of HelpIndex. We will post you a formal invoice if you ask.

Currently we cannot handle on-line transactions safely here, so please contact PHD directly or one of our outlets. We should have on-line credit card ordering (in USA) available soon from WebWare Online.

If possible, please send cheques in pounds sterling.
For cheques drawn on non-UK banks, please add £30, convert it to your local currency, and send us a cheque for that amount.
Or send us an International Money Order.
Or send us sterling cash if you really must; it's your risk.

Our other outlets accept credit card payments.

You can have a full refund, less currency transaction costs, if you have a legitimate problem with the software within 30 days of purchase. However we do not envisage this option being used often, as you will have had a chance to try before you buy.

Paying more for more!

Please feel free to make larger payments if you are especially pleased with HelpIndex

Seriously though, if you have any features which you would definitely like in HelpIndex, then please email Chris Cant. Please consult our list of possible improvements
If your suggestions are used, then you might like to pay us more for having been so helpful, ie perhaps you could pay for more licences than you actually need.

If we do not wish to take up your suggestions then we could still produce a version with them in, if you pay us at our normal daily rate. We will normally be able to give a fixed price quote for such a job. You would have sole use of the new version but all copyright would belong to us. You would still need to license each usage with us.
Note that such versions would not necessarily be updated in step with the main HelpIndex program.

Distribution

You may distribute the full unaltered evaluation development kit PHDhi171.zip. The evaluation development kit includes the run-time files and all this web page documentation.

You must make clear that HelpIndex has a 30 day free evaluation period and belongs to PHD Computer Consultants Ltd. You must also email Chris Cant to let him know where you have put the kit. We want to be able to update development kits when new versions appear, so let us know how we do this.

However we recommend that you simply give the HelpIndex URL http://www.phdcc.com/helpindex as our web site will always have the latest version of the software.

If you publish a link to these pages, then please let us know. If the site moves or changes significantly then we will inform you.

Reselling

Contact us if you would like to resell HelpIndex or any other PHD product.

For example you may wish to add HelpIndex to your product line, or bundle HelpIndex as a part of a product.

If you include a working version of HelpIndex as an index to a product, eg on a CD-ROM, then you must also contact us. In this case you would normally pay for a lower fee for each CD-ROM that you distribute; the CD-ROM user would then not be required to purchase HelpIndex.

Warranty

NO WARRANTIES. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, PHD Computer Consultants Ltd expressly disclaims any warranty for this software. This software and its documentation are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, the implied warranties or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk arising out of use or performance of this software remains with you.

NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall PHD Computer Consultants Ltd or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profit, loss of business information, business interruption, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use this PHD Computer Consultants Ltd product.

PHD will make a reasonable attempt to answer any queries from licenced users concerning HelpIndex and its usage.

You can have a full refund if you have a legitimate problem with the software within 30 days of purchase.

Contacting PHD

Name: PHD Computer Consultants Limited
Address: Cader Idris, Pow Lane
Shap, Penrith
Cumbria CA10 3NA
United Kingdom
Telephone: Within UK: 07000 781785
Elsewhere: +44 7000 781785
Fax: Please phone for the number
Email: UK: sales@phdcc.com
(France: johncant@In-Net.inba.fr)
Web: http://www.phdcc.com/

Other sales and support outlets


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