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Piracy, Shareware and Licensing Systems

If someone says "I'll do this, if you do that," and you say, "Okay," that's called an agreement.

When someone else writes a program that you want to use, you are legally required to make an agreement with him before you can use it.

There are many different agreements that are currently being used regarding computer program usage.

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