Copyright / License

GoldView.exe 
Copyright  1995, Mark J. Ford
All Rights Reserved.

GoldView Shareware Package

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

All references to 'GoldView' refer to the distributed version of the 
GoldView program.

Users of the GoldView program must accept this disclaimer of warranty.  
"The GoldView program 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 the GoldView program."

The GoldView program 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 software useful and find that you are using the GoldView package 
and continue to use the GoldView package after a 30 day trial period, you 
must make a registration payment to Mark Ford as specified in the 
included register.txt file.  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.

The Registered GoldView program cannot be distributed under any conditions 
other than those set forth above.

Commercial users of the GoldView program must register and pay for their 
copies of the GoldView Program within 30 days of first use or their 
license is withdrawn.  Site-License arrangements may be made by 
contacting Mark Ford as specified in the register.txt file.

For information on how to register or contact Mark Ford, see the file 
register.txt.

You are encouraged to pass a copy of the GoldView Shareware package along 
to your friends for evaluation.  Please encourage them to register their 
copy if they find that they can use it.

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