DiskBase 5 ReadMe
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This file contains the following information:

   1. Brief description
   2. Installation
   3. Uninstallation
   4. Price
   5. Trial use licence
   6. Distribution License
   7. Contact

More information can be found in DiskBase Help.

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1. Brief description
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DiskBase is a disk cataloging program. Enables to store names of files 
and folders from a disk (floppy, CD-ROM, ZIP etc.) to a database with 
powerful search capabilities. Names in archives like ZIP, RAR, ARJ, 
ACE can be extracted and stored too. A description can be attached to 
any folder or file in the database. The description can be made 
either manually, or constructed automatically from the file contents.

DiskBase offers common user interface with a tree and a list of 
files in the current folder displayed. 

DiskBase can be used in Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP.

Please note that this program is distributed as a shareware and you
may use it for a one-month evaluation period only. If you find it
useful and want to continue using it after that period, you must
purchase it.


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2. Installation
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The program is distributed in two files: SETUP.EXE and
DSKBAS32.DAT. The SETUP.EXE program unpacks the contents 
of the DSKBAS32.DAT file into the specified folder and 
creates icons in the Startup Menu. 


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3. Uninstallation
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An uninstall program is supplied with DiskBase; this program is 
available in the Startup Menu and also in the "Add/Remove Programs"
item in the Control Panel. 


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4. Price
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The price for 1 license is $15. There are significant discounts for
multiple licenses. See program Help for details and ordering 
information.


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5. Trial Use License
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DiskBase is not freeware and it is not in the public domain. It is
sold through the shareware market. As such, you may evaluate the
program for a period of one month free of charge. If after that time
you decide to continue using DiskBase, you must purchase it (i.e.
register it).

The only exception is using the unregistered version of DiskBase for
viewing the contents of read-only Diskbase databases, created by
a third party. Such use is legal without any time limitation and any
requirement to purchase it.

DiskBase and its accompanying documentation are protected by the
Copyright law and also by international treaty provisions.
Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this package, or any
portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.

You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this
license. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to the 
authors of the program.


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6. Distribution License
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The distribution requirements are the following:

- Only unregistered version of DiskBase (herein called the Software)
can be distributed. It is expressly forbidden to distribute any
registered or cracked version of the Software.

- Only complete and unmodified package of the Software can be
distributed. Neither the distributor nor anybody else is permitted to
make any extraction, modification and repacking of the package
contents, created by the author of DiskBase. The only permitted 
modification is adding a short zip comment about the distributor to 
the zip file.

- If the user pays for the Software, he/she must be clearly informed,
that the payment is just for distribution, not for any right to use
the Software.

Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements
expressed above is hereby authorized. No explicit permission from the
author needs to be acquired in order to make authorized distribution
of the Software.

Any other copying or distribution is unauthorized and as such is
expressly forbidden. You may be held legally responsible for any
copyright infringement which has been encouraged or caused by the
failure to abide by the terms of this License.

All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to the authors 
of the Software.


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7. Contact
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DiskBase home WWW server on Internet is:

         http://www.diskbase.com


E-mail: info@diskbase.com

More information can be found in DiskBase Help. 


