### About 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. 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, in its original evaluation form with all files unaltered and intact. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You can find software to suit your needs and pocketbook, whether it is 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.
### License IMPORTANT NOTICE: CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENCE BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE. BY USING THE SOFTWARE YOU ARE AGREEING TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENCE AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS WE ARE UNWILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TO YOU AND YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE SOFTWARE Users of Fractopia must accept this disclaimer of warranty: Fractopia 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 Fractopia. Fractopia 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. For detailed distribution information, see the file VENDOR.TXT supplied with the program. 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 Fractopia and continue to use Fractopia after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $20US to Software Cottage. The $20US 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. For example, the 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 can be read by one person then another, but cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of Fractopia must register and pay for their copies of Fractopia within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Anyone distributing Fractopia for any kind of remuneration must first contact Software Cottage for authorization. You are encouraged to pass an evaluation copy of Fractopia along to your friends. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find they like it. Software Cottage, Scotland send email