SOFTWARE LICENCE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION ========================================= Software License Button Manager is not and has never been public domain software, nor is it free software. It is Copyright (c) by AKC Applied Knowledge Corporation, with All Rights Reserved world-wide. Non-licensed users are granted a limited license to use Button Manager on a 30-day trial basis for the purpose of determining whether Button Manager is suitable for their needs. Continued use of Button Manager beyond the initial 30-day trial period requires registration. The use of unlicensed copies of Button Manager by any person, business, corporation, government agency or any other entity is strictly prohibited. Paying 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 the licensed 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 people at the same time. You may not modify the Button Manager executable file in any way, including but not limited to translating, decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise reverse engineering the program. Furthermore, none of the supporting files may be modified in any manner. A limited license is granted to copy and distribute Button Manager only for the trial use of others, subject to the above limitations, and also the following: 1. Button Manager must be copied in unmodified form, complete with all the files identified in the Required files section of the Help File (and in the README.TXT file). 2. The Button Manager User and Registration Identifiers, which are assigned when this product is registered, may not be distributed. 3. The person or entity distributing the product may not claim to own it. 4. No fee, charge, or other compensation may be requested or accepted to distribute Button Manager, except as authorized below: BBSs, User Groups, Mail-Order Disk Vendors, CD-ROM publishers, and BBS File-Distribution Networks may charge a fee to distribute Button Manager, assuming they provide a complete and unaltered copy of the product, it is clear that the product is Shareware, and they do not claim to own the product. Mail-Order Disk Vendors and CD-ROM publishers MUST inform AKC Applied Knowledge Corporation that they will be carrying the product prior to publication, so that they can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of Button Manager. BBSs, User Groups, and BBS Distribution Networks MAY contact AKC if they want to be kept up-to-date with the latest version of Button Manager. 5. AKC Applied Knowledge Corporation reserves the right to revoke any permission granted here, by notifying you in writing. Warranty Information "BUTTON MANAGER" (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS "SOFTWARE") AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL AKC APPLIED KNOWLEDGE CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF AKC APPLIED KNOWLEDGE CORPORATION HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN ANY CASE, AKC APPLIED KNOWLEDGE CORPORATION'S ENTIRE LIABILITY UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU FOR THE SOFTWARE. USE OF THIS PRODUCT FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SUBJECTS YOU TO ITS CONTENTS.