TkZip - The Legalese

The following is quoted from the TkZip "About" screen.

This program is copyrighted shareware. This is an unlicensed, freely distributable copy of TkZip version 1.1.3. Permission to use, copy, and distribute this software and its documentation for any non-commercial purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that this copyright and permission notice appear in all copies of the program and its supporting documentation. Modification for personal use is also permitted.

Non-commercial use is interpreted fairly liberally. If you wish to install your personal copy on your workstation at work for casual use, this qualifies as non-commercial. If you are a sysadmin wishing to make it available at your site as an unsupported tool for casual use, that's fine too. Licensing for personal or casual use is appreciated, but not required.

If you wish to redistribute it as part of a package for which you charge a fee, except as noted below, that qualifies as commercial use, and requires a license from the copyright holder. If you're a sysadmin wishing to make it a formally supported tool for your users, you need to contact me about licensing. If you regularly use it in your work, you should license it. Commercial, institutional, and government users are expected to license it. If you are in doubt, contact me.

Distributors of Linux, FreeBSD, or other free Unix variants, commercial or otherwise, and regardless of medium, are specifically exempted from the non-commercial restriction above with respect to inclusion of an unregistered copy of TkZip with their distributions, so long as the code is not modified (except as authorized by the author - usually for compatibility with the distribution's installation procedures) and is sourced from an authorized repository (like this one), and the author is duly notified of such distribution. Additionally, distributions sourced from a standard public ftp site, such as Sunsite or any of its mirrors, incur no obligation to notify the author.

Robert Woodside and Woodsway Consulting disclaim all express or implied warranties with regard to this software, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall Robert Woodside or Woodsway Consulting be held liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence, or other tortious action, arising from or in connection with the use or performance of this software.

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