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. (In both cases, there are
good programs and bad ones!) 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.

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.

DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT

Users of TommySoftware CAD/DRAW must accept this disclaimer of warranty:

  "TommySoftware CAD/DRAW 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 TommySoftware CAD/DRAW."

TommySoftware CAD/DRAW 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. 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 TommySoftware CAD/DRAW and continue to use
TommySoftware CAD/DRAW after a reasonable trial period, you must make a
registration payment to TommySoftware. 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 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.

All users of TommySoftware CAD/DRAW must register and pay for their copies of
TommySoftware CAD/DRAW within 30 days of first use or their license is
withdrawn. Site-license arrangements may be made by contacting TommySoftware
or the distributor stated on the registration form.

Anyone distributing TommySoftware CAD/DRAW for any kind of remuneration should
have a look at the file VENDOR.TXT, which contains detailed information on
that subject.

You are encouraged to pass a copy of TommySoftware CAD/DRAW 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 receive a bonus disk and
a printed manual (see REGISTER.TXT).
