What Is Shareware?
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                           WHAT IS SHAREWARE?
                            HOW DOES IT WORK?

   Shareware operates on the "try before you buy" system. Authors allow 
their programs to be copied and passed around, among friends, over BBS 
systems or through services such as Software Shopper. 

   If you find a shareware program is of value to you and you intend to 
keep and use it, then you must register the program with the author (pay a 
fee -- the amount varies). Registration gives you various benefits, 
depending on the author. (Common benefits include printed manuals, newer 
versions and support if you happen to run into problems.) The fee also 
helps motivate authors to improve their programs and develop new ones.

   No part of the money collected by Software Shopper, or any other 
service, goes to the program authors. Those charges are strictly copying, 
handling and shipping fees, and they are non-refundable. The author gets 
paid only when you send in your registration fee. We supply all copies of 
Shareware programs on both 5-1/4- and 3-1/2- inch disks, although there is 
an extra charge of 75 cents per disk for 3-1/2-inch (720K) format.

   Programs are separated into subdirectories on a disk when we make up 
special orders for you (most of our orders are special orders). A short 
instruction sheet is packaged with the disk, but your disk label tells you 
the name of the subdirectories.

   Generally, our orders are processed within 24 business hours of 
receipt. Due to volume, we may run a day or so behind from time to time.  
Our business hours are generally 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

   We disclaim any damage that any of the software in Software Shopper may 
cause and cannot guarantee that any particular system follows sound 
business practices.  Our sole liability, in any event, consists of a 
refund of the copying and distribution charge we make for providing 
software to you. 

   We invite and solicit your comments and suggestions about Software 
Shopper and the Shareware which we make available through it. Our 
shareware library contains many more programs than appears in this issue 
of Software Shopper.  If you have a specific need, please contact us on 
our Customer Assistance line, (502) 228-4492.  We will do everything we 
can to try to help.


   Falsoft, Inc. is an approved vendor and associate member of the 
Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).  ASP wants to make sure that 
the shareware principle works for you.  If you are unable to resolve a 
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member 
directly, ASP may be able to help.  The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve 
a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical 
support for members' products.  Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 
Graver Road, Muskeg, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe 
Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007, 3536.

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