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 FastTimer Component for Delphi must accept this disclaimer of
warranty: "FastTimer Component for Delphi 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 FastTimer Component for
Delphi."

FastTimer Component for Delphi 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
FastTimer Component for Delphi and continue to use FastTimer Component
for Delphi after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration
payment to Eric Nielsen.  Registration fees are explained on the order
form. 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.  Certain portions of the FastTimer
Component for Delphi may be redistributed royalty-free by registered
users of the FastTimer Component for Delphi with products that use the
Component. These portions include FASTTIME.DLL and any code linked from
FASTTIME.DCU, and, in the case of source-code registered users, any code
compiled and linked from the source-code whether original or modified.

Commercial users of FastTimer Component for Delphi must register and pay
for their copies of FastTimer Component for Delphi within 30 days of
first use or their license is withdrawn.  See the order form for
Site-License arrangements.

The evaluation version of FastTimer Component for Delphi may be
distributed freely by shareware and CDROM vendors, and through online
services such as BBS'es and other systems, provided that all the files
listed below (and only the files listed below) are included as part of
the FastTimer Component for Delphi package, and that they remain intact
and unchanged. Please consider contacting Eric Nielsen at the address
below so that you will the latest version.

You are encouraged to pass a copy of FastTimer Component for Delphi
along to your friends and colleagues 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 the
FastTimer Component for Delphi.

