License Agreement

This Software, GIFConverter, is licensed, not sold, and may only be used under the terms outlined below.

License

Under this license, you may use the Software under the following conditions:

• This software may be used for up to 15 days for evaluation purposes. After 15 days, you must either (1) register this Software under the terms noted in the Shareware Notification, or (2) destroy all copies of this Software in your possession.
• You may use the Software on a single CPU at one time. You are allowed to use the software on any number of CPUs, provided that the software is never used simultaneously on more than one CPU at a time.
• The Software may not be placed on a served disk unless enough licenses have been purchased to cover the number of CPUs connected to the served disk.
• You may make one copy of the Software for backup purposes.
• The Software may be transferred to another party provided that (1) the manual and ALL copies of the Software are transferred to the new owner, and (2) the original owner notifies the author in writing of the change in ownership.
• This Software may be distributed for evaluation as outlined in "Distribution" below.

Limitations

• This Software contains trade secrets, and you may NOT reverse engineer the Software in any way including disassembly or decompilation. You may not use this software as the basis for any derivative work without the permission of the author.
• You may NOT resell this Software at a profit, nor may you rent this Software.

Termination

This license is automatically terminated upon breach of any of the terms of this license. Upon termination, all copies of this Software and the documentation must be destroyed.

Warranty

This Software is sold "as is" under the terms of the Warranty listed below.

General

The purchaser, by agreeing to this license, affirms that the software will not be used, sold, transferred, or exported in any form contrary to the laws of the United States of America or the laws of any State. The author assumes no liability for purchaserÕs use of this Software resulting in the violation of a law.

Warranty

This Warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may have other rights, which vary from state to state.

Limited Warranty on Media

Media on which the Software is distributed by Kevin A. Mitchell is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for ninety (90) days from the date of purchase. If the media should prove defective, return it to the address listed above for replacement.

Disclaimer of Warranty on Software

This software and manual are sold "as is" and without any warranty, express or implied, including but not limited to non-infringement of third party rights, performance or merchantability.

This program is sold without any express or implied warranties whatsoever. Because of the diversity of conditions and hardware under which this program may be used, no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered. The user is advised to test the program thoroughly before relying on it. The user must assume the entire risk of using the program. The author will assume no liability for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of this software, including loss or interruption of business, accidental loss of data, or damage to computer equipment, or for any claim by a third party.

The author does not guarantee that this Software will work in every environment. Specifically, no guarantee is made about the performance of the Software under a network, served disk, or multi-user system. This Software is not guaranteed to work on Macintosh-compatible computers not manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc., or on Macintosh computers that did not exist at the time the program was written. It is not guaranteed to work in the presence of INITs, system extensions, or other software which modifies the operating system, system traps, or other portions of the software as provided by Apple Computer.

Distribution

GIFConverter is a shareware program. Shareware offers the opportunity to try out a fully-functional copy of a program before purchase. Although GIFConverter is freely available, it is a copyrighted program, and use or distribution in violation of the License Agreement and Distribution guidelines is against the law.

You may use GIFConverter for up to 15 days before registering it. GIFConverter is fully functional, and all features are present even without registration. The key you get when you register will disable the registration screen at startup time.

You may give copies of GIFConverter to your friends for evaluation. GIFConverter may be placed on BBSes and online service providers (such as CompuServe, GEnie and America Online) provided that the GIFConverter package is downloadable without charge beyond normal connect charges. GIFConverter may be placed onto diskettes distributed by user groups at nominal fee.

When distributing GIFConverter, please give the complete contents of the disk, or the program archive and one of the documentation archives, making sure that you transfer all note files as well.

Vendors desiring to place GIFConverter into their catalogs must contact the author at the address on the cover requesting permission to distribute this program, and outlining their fees and shareware policies.

Whenever GIFConverter appears on a catalog, diskette, BBS, or online service, it must be identified as shareware. Vendors and operators must make it clear that online charges or disk fees have not paid for the use of this shareware product, and that additional payment is due the author.