


                          M E G A   E D I T (TM)

                              Version 2.02

                        Copyright ©, 1991, 1992 by

                        Computer Witchcraft, Inc.             
                        Post Office Box 210441
                        San Francisco, CA, 94121-0441

                        Telephone: (415)-752-2477
                        Fax:       (415)-752-8971
                        CompuServe Mail: 76130,1463  (Feedback welcome!)
                        Internet Mail:   megaedit@witchcraft.com

                            ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



                                (README.TXT)

                         DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

  THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES
  AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER
  EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
  ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS
  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.

  WHILE WE HAVE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO TEST THE PRODUCT IN A WIDE
  VARIETY OF OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS, GOOD PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY
  PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY TESTED WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING
  ON IT.  THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. 
  ANY LIABILITY OF THE AUTHOR WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT
  REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE. 



                        DISTRIBUTION OF MEGA EDIT (TM)

  THE AUTHOR OF MEGA EDIT (TM) UNCONDITIONALLY RETAINS ALL RIGHTS PURSUANT 
  TO THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

  That said, the author very much encourages distribution of this product,
  under the following conditions:

  1.  Any person serving as a distributor of the Mega Edit (TM) must retain
      exactly the original form of the distribution, by including ALL
      files, in unmodified condition, especially including but not limited 
      to documentation and product screens that refer to registration
      information, forms, and procedures, that are part of distribution
      conducted by the author. 

      The files included in the author's distribution of the Mega
      Edit (TM) product are the following:

      MEGAEDIT.EXE
      MEGAEDIT.HLP
      MEGAED.DLL
      COMMDLG.DLL
      READ1ST.TXT
      README.TXT
      REGISTER.TXT
      REG_FORM.TXT
      VENDOR.TXT
      RELEASE.TXT

  2.  Owners or operators of Electronic Bulletin Boards, such as CompuServe,
      may acquire or accept, and then distribute copies of Mega Edit (TM) 
      through  their EBB service, subject to the conditions above, and may 
      further do so in the context of charging subscribers to their services 
      a general fee for belonging to the membership of the service, and/or 
      for time on-line, as long as these charges are not specifically 
      related to  overt sale of the Mega Edit (TM) product.  This should in 
      no way be construed as relinquishment, by the author, of his 
      copyright protection and sole ownership of Mega Edit (TM).

      SUGGESTED PRODUCT "BLURB":
      -------------------------
      Title:    Mega Edit ASCII File Editor/Windows 3.x
      Keywords: EDITOR, WINDOWS, MACINTOSH, UNIX, TEXT, BINARY
      Product Description:

      Mega Edit (TM): "A fine, fine product, The QEdit of Windows" 
                       PUBLIC BRAND (4 Stars! & Excellence Trophy)

      POWERFUL - NO LIMITS on file sizes.  Split screen editing of 
      one or multiple files.  Variable, Sizable! text fonts.  
      Formatted display of binary files.  IMPORT/EXPORT of UNIX
      Macintosh, and DOS text formats.  Word-wrap. On-line Help.
      All other standard features.  

      FULL WORKING VERSION (Windows Std/Enh mode required)
      Version 2.02  (Shareware)

  3.  Persons wishing to contact the author for purpose of negotiating
      limited distribution rights for Mega Edit (TM) should review the file
      VENDOR.TXT, included with the Mega Edit (TM) distribution files, which
      contains an application form that distributors may use to initiate the
      process. 

  4.  Any persons possessing a bona fide copy of the shareware version of
      the program, as originally distributed by the author, may freely copy 
      and distribute the product to whomever they like, as long as they 
      retain exactly the original form of the distribution, by including ALL 
      files, in unmodified condition, especially including but not limited to 
      documentation and product screens that refer to registration 
      information, forms, and procedures, that are part of distribution 
      conducted by the author, and as long as they assess no fees beyond 
      those required for materials needed in distributing the product, i.e., 
      matching exactly the cost of floppy disks, mailing materials and costs, 
      or long-distance phone charges relevant to electronic distribution. 
  
  5.  With the exceptions of EBB operators, under the conditions described
      above, and that of persons entering into written contractual 
      distribution agreements with Computer Witchcraft, Inc, other persons 
      engaged in the distribution of software for profit ARE EXPLICITLY 
      PROHIBITED from marketing or selling, in any form, any files or parts 
      of files, or modified versions of files, that are part of the author's 
      product distribution.

  6.  Developers of software products who incorporate ANY portion of the
      binary portions of the author's product, or who copy features or 
      aspects of the user-interface of the product subject to protection by 
      the laws of copyright, SHALL BE PROSECUTED, unless they have the 
      express, written permission of Computer Witchcraft, Inc., to do so.
