Copyright 2004 www.ashisoft.com, All rights reserved.

IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY:
This license agreement is a legal agreement between you (individual or a legal entity) and www.ashisoft.com, the author of the software product "Duplicate Finder". 

YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT AND THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUR LICENSE BY INSTALLING, COPYING, DISTRIBUTING OR OTHERWISE USING DUPLICATE FINDER. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT INSTALL, DISTRIBUTE OR USE DUPLICATE FINDER IN ANY WAYS.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.       Definitions

2.       Grant of license

3.       Restrictions and limitations of use

4.       Termination of license

5.       Confidentiality

6.       Disclaimer

7.       Limited liability

8.       Distribution

9.       Reservation of rights

1. DEFINITIONS
"Duplicate Finder" means the Duplicate Finder software product and everything included in its official distribution packages, such as the documentation, all the plug-ins, and all other files.

"the Author" means the creator and the developer of the " Duplicate Finder " software product, an individual called www.ashisoft.com.

2. GRANT OF LICENSE
The Author grants you the following rights provided that you comply with all terms and conditions of this license agreement:

1. Usage. You may install, use, access, display and run Duplicate Finder in so many computers that the license you own allows you to.

3. RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF USE
You are NOT allowed to: 

1. Modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to reconstruct or discover the source code, or any parts of it from the binaries of Duplicate Finder.

2. Create, develop, distribute, use, install or store in your computer a program, source code, mechanism, method, protocol or algorithm to bypass or to brake Duplicate Finder' features or license validation.

3. Remove any product identification, copyright, proprietary notices or labels from Duplicate Finder.

4. Distribute, re-distribute, rent, lease or sell the licensed version of Duplicate Finder or any portions of it or the license itself or any portions of the license written permission from the Author.

5. Distribute Duplicate Finder in any other form than in the official distribution packages without a written permission from the Author.

6. Use the licensed version of Duplicate Finder if you know that the copy you are using is illegal or the license itself is illegal or fake.

7. Use, run, copy, distribute or store Duplicate Finder in your computer if this license agreement is violated in any ways.

4. TERMINATION OF LICENSE
The Author has the right to terminate this license if you do not abide by the terms and conditions of this license, in which case you must destroy all copies of Duplicate Finder and all of its component parts.

5. CONFIDENTIALITY
Licensed version of Duplicate Finder and any license authorization codes or files are confidential. You agree to take adequate steps to protect Duplicate Finder and any license authorization codes and registration file from unauthorized disclosure or use. You agree that you will not disclose the licensed version of Duplicate Finder, any parts of it, its license or any parts of the license to any third party.

6. DISCLAIMER
THE AUTHOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT MAY ARISE BY REASON OF TRADE USAGE, CUSTOM, OR COURSE OF DEALING. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DUPLICATE FINDER IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THAT THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT DUPLICATE FINDER WILL RUN UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE NOR THAT DUPLICATE FINDER WILL OPERATE WITH HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE NOT PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE AGREEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED  WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

7. LIMITED LIABILITY
The entire risk as to results and performance of Duplicate Finder is assumed by you. Under no circumstances will the Author or his licensors be liable for any direct or special, indirect, incidental, exemplary or consequential damages of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether based on contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, arising  out of or in any way related to Duplicate Finder or this agreement, even if the Author or his licensors have been advised of the possibility of such damage or if such damage could have been reasonably foreseen, and notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any exclusive remedy provided in this agreement. Such limitation on damages includes, but is not limited to, damages for loss of goodwill, lost profits, loss of data or software, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction or impairment of other goods. In no event will the Author or his licensors be liable for the costs of procurement of substitute Software or services. in addition, in no event will the total liability of the Author in connection with this agreement or Duplicate Finder exceed the actual amount paid to the author, if any, for Duplicate Finder giving rise to the claim. You acknowledge that Duplicate Finder is not designed or licensed for use in on-line equipment in hazardous environments such as operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or control, or life-critical applications. The Author expressly disclaims any liability resulting from use of Duplicate Finder in any such on-line equipment in hazardous environments and accepts no liability in respect of any actions or claims based on the use of Duplicate Finder in any such on-line equipment in hazardous environments by you. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "life-critical application" means an application in which the functioning or malfunctioning of Duplicate Finder may result directly or indirectly in physical injury or loss of human life.

8. DISTRIBUTION
Unlicensed version of Duplicate Finder may be freely distributed provided that it is not modified in any ways and that the original distribution packages remain intact with all accompanying files, and provided that no fee is charged (except for any reasonable fees necessary to cover costs of distribution media), and that this license agreement is not violated in any ways.

9. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
The Author reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this license agreement.