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.  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.

VENDORS: SEE VENDOR.DOC

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.



BasicFour (TM) Calculator 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. (SEE PACKING.LST)  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, and continue to use, BasicFour (TM) 
Calculator after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration 
payment of $10.00 to Robert Austin. (See REGISTER.DOC)  
The $10.00 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.

Commercial users of BasicFour (TM) Calculator must register and pay for their
copies of BasicFour (TM) Calculator within 30 days of first use or their 
license is withdrawn.  Site-License arrangements may be made by con-
tacting Robert Austin.

VENDORS: SEE VENDOR.DOC

You are encouraged to pass a copy of BasicFour (TM) Calculator along to your
friends for evaluation.  Please encourage them to register their
copy if they find that they can use it.  All registered users
will be entitled to a discount for any future versions as well as become 
eligible for discounts for special versions with additional features which 
can be created for interested users upon request.

Robert Austin
39 Stone Road
Belmont, MA  02178      CIS  73172,3370
USA