ConIX(tm) Shareware License Agreement ------------------------------------- License below is granted by: for the product: Computer Helper Industries Inc. ConIX(tm) Operating System Post Office Box 680 Special Shareware Version Parkchester Station, NY 10462 Distribution #0986 CHI hereby grants a License to the User of this Software package to use Software on a trial basis for a period no greater than 6 months from the date that User acquired Software. During this trial period, User may make as many copies of Software as is reasonably necessary for usage by User. If after the 6 month trial period, User wishes to obtain a License for indefinite use of Software, such License can be acquired from CHI for a fee. User understands that Software is a commercial product for which CHI is entitled to a fee for its usage, and if User does not wish to pay CHI said fee, User hereby agrees to cease usage of Software after 6-month trial period and agrees to delete all but the original copy of Software as obtained by User on the date of this License. This License does not include the right for User to attempt to in any way decipher or modify the coded machine instructions which are part of Software and which are proprietary and considered a trade-secret of CHI. Software is provided AS-IS without support or warranty as to performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Any statements about Software made by CHI or Salespersons, spoken or written, do not constitute warranties. User is advised to test Software thoroughly before relying upon it or using it in connection with any valuable computer data and that User frequently utilize backups so as to prevent any significant loss of data. The entire risk as to the results and performance of Software is assumed by User. CHI shall not be held liable in any way for any indirect, special, or consequential damages resulting from use of Software. CHI hereby authorizes User to distribute copies of Software to other end-user parties on a not-for-profit basis and not in connection with any Company or any commercial product or for any commercial reasons and provided that Software as distributed is retained entirely in its original form as initially received by User. Distribution of Software in any other manner is not granted by this License except by special arrangement with CHI and with the express written permission of an officer of CHI. This License takes effect immediately upon receipt of Software by User. If User does not wish to be obligated by the terms of this License, user should immediately delete all copies of Software in User's possession or pass such copies on to other interested parties under the conditions as outlined in the above paragraph. CHI understands that identity of User is unknown to CHI and as such CHI is not capable of enforcing this License under normal circumstances. User should therefore feel morally as well as legally obligated to abide by the terms of this License as provided above and to the extent as is required by State, Local, and Federal laws, and Copyright laws of the United States as Software is a Copyrighted proprietary product of CHI.