Terms of Use and Copyright
Copyright and Publication
Unauthorized Use
By using GeodSoft.com, you agree to in no way copy,
appropriate, or distribute, any GeodSoft content except as explicitly
provided under the GeodSoft Publication License, and to not violate the
the terms under Unauthorized Use. By copying or
distributing in any manner, any content found on GeodSoft.com, you
agree to be governed exclusively by the terms and sanctions of the
GeodSoft Publication License with regard to use of any content from
GeodSoft.com. You agree explicitly that regardless of any provisions
in U.S. Copyright Law, or any federal, state, or local laws or regulations,
that by copying, publishing, or distributing any content from GeodSoft.com
you have entered into a contractual agreement with George Shaffer and GeodSoft.com
and to be bound by all legal provisions in the Terms of Use
and Copyright page and the GeodSoft Publication License.
Any time that the words "Terms" or "terms" or the phrase "Terms of Use" are used
above or below these are intended to mean "Terms of Use and Copyright page"
unless the context requires that they be understood to mean something else, and
any time the word "page" may be omitted, the phrase "Terms of Use and
Copyright" should be read as if "page" is included. Any time the word
"License" is used by itself, it should be understood that it means the
GeodSoft Publication License, unless it is clear from the context that
it must mean something else.
Some parts of the
Open Publication License
were used in the development GeodSoft Publication License. The GeodSoft
Publication License is, however, no longer, if it ever was, an open content
publication license. It might now be described as a limited use publication
license.
GeodSoft Publication License
v. 2.1.01 January 1, 2014
I. REQUIREMENTS
All content on the GeodSoft web site is copyrighted by
George Shaffer and covered by the GeodSoft Publication License. Only
pages with the long copyright notice that includes "This material may be
distributed" immediately after "George Shaffer." may be copied, published,
or distributed in accordance with the terms of the GeodSoft Publication
License. Other pages are covered by copyright, the GeodSoft Publication
License, plus your contractual agreement under these Terms of Use
not to copy such material. Any violations of these terms regarding
GeodSoft.com content which may not be copied
or distributed under the terms of the GeodSoft Publication License are
subject to any sanctions provided in the GeodSoft Publication License.
Pages not allowed to be copied, distributed, or published by the GeodSoft
Publication License may not be copied, distributed, or published without
prior written permission from George Shaffer. When the term "written" is
used in the Terms of Use or License, it is understood to
include digitally signed email.
GeodSoft.com web site content may be copied, distributed, or published
in part, as explicitly provided in this License
in any medium, physical or electronic, provided that the terms of
this License are adhered to, and that this License or an
incorporation of it by reference is displayed in any
reproduction. Logo graphics are subject to specific
additional restrictions described below. Individual pages may have
page specific conditions which may supplement, amend or replace
terms or conditions in this License.
In a faithfully mirrored site the links in the navigation aids, site
map, and page specific content MAY point to the appropriate pages on
the mirrored site. Any links to pages that do not exist on the mirrored
site MUST return to the corresponding page on GeodSoft.com; this necessarily
includes all CGI content (Perl scripts), as these have always been
private, and a mirrored site could only display a non working, static
page copied from the output of these Perl programs, in violation of these
Terms. Any link or links in the copyright notice which follows,
MUST point back to GeodSoft.com, and if the link is to the Terms, it MUST
point to the Terms of Use on GeodSoft.com.
Proper form for an incorporation by reference is as follows and must be
exactly as follows (as in cut and pasted from the Terms page source code
into each HTML document to which this License applies):
Copyright © 2000 - 2014 by George Shaffer. This material may be
distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
http://GeodSoft.com/terms.htm
(or http://GeodSoft.com/cgi-bin/terms.pl).
These terms are subject to change. Distribution is subject to
the current terms, or at the choice of the distributor, those
in an earlier, digitally signed electronic copy of
http://GeodSoft.com/terms.htm (or cgi-bin/terms.pl) from the
time of the distribution. Distribution of substantively modified
versions of GeodSoft content is prohibited without the explicit written
permission of George Shaffer. Distribution of the work or derivatives
of the work, in whole or in part, for commercial purposes is prohibited
unless prior written permission is obtained from George Shaffer.
Distribution in accordance with these terms, for unrestricted and
uncompensated public access, non profit, or internal company use is
allowed.
For the purposes of the GeodSoft Publication License, the only valid
copyright notice and incorporation by reference is the one above. If you
used any GeodSoft content after Feb. 17, 2007, you must have
replaced the notice on any pages where the notice was not identical,
with the one above, for the license then in effect to be in compliance with
these terms. If you are not in compliance with all Terms of the License,
the only license which applies is the current license, this one, version 2.1.01.
All licenses since Feb. 17, 2007, have required that they be saved with
a digital signature and have a time stamp near the bottom of the page.
We try to keep the individual page copyright notices
consistent with the Terms of Use but this requires updating and replacing
every page on the site. This site is operated at a loss an only infrequently
maintained. At all
times it is the current Terms of Use and current GeodSoft Publication
License which apply and not the possibly outdated copyright notices which
may appear on any or all other pages.
As of version 1.4, Feb. 17, 2007, the display of the Terms of Use and
Copyright is time
stamped and the saved Terms of Use page is required to be digitally
signed. The Terms must be digitally signed within fifteen minutes of
the time they are accessed. It is strongly recommended that the page
be refreshed or reloaded just before saving so the time stamp on the
page will be as current as possible. Any tampering with the time stamp
is prohibited. By doing so, the would be distributor loses all rights
to use any GeodSoft material, as provided in Section V. Violations.
The time stamp is the 20 digit number at the very bottom of the white part of
this page.
The key used for digital signing of the Terms of Use and Copyright must
be a PGP or GnuPG key, and belong to the
person responsible for the distribution, and remain available for future
verification of the license. It must be loaded to public key servers
and be the only active key for the owner at the time the terms are
signed, and remain the only active key if the signed terms need to be
verified. The signing must be performed on a computer with a system time
within a few seconds of the real date and time. The
distributor should know or record the local time offset from UTC.
It is suggested that the digitally signed terms be saved on one or more, write
once CDs or DVDs, preferably with all GeodSoft content as it is used.
If a situation arises where a distributor of GeodSoft material needs to
provide a verifiably dated or digitally signed copy of the Terms to
establish the right to distribute GeodSoft material, the distributor should
expect to communicate from a valid ISP email account, or an email account
associated with the web (or other distribution protocol) domain. Real name,
address, and phone number should be provided, and agree with at least one
of the contacts provided by whois information for the distribution domain.
Such a situation is a contract negotiation and
a contract negotiation with an anonymous person is meaningless.
More than one
person with an authoritative position with respect to the distribution domain
may sign the Terms of Use and Copyright within a 48 hour time period.
It is recommended the signatures not be performed on the same computer (which must
contain the private key of each signer for the signing to work). Signing on the
same computer would require a separate copy of the Terms for each signer;
a different filename or directory would be required for each signer. This
would need to be done within the 15 minute period from when the Terms
are refreshed and saved. If signed on different computers, then
each copy of the Terms of Use and Copyright page must be preserved with
each corresponding signature, as the signatures will never verify a
Terms page that is even one second different than another.
At least one person signing the GeodSoft Terms of Use must appear
as a contact on the domain registration page.
If the other persons signing the Terms of Use and Copyright are not listed
in the distribution domain registration, proof must be provided that they
are a senior person in the entity distributing GeodSoft content, with
authority to authorize the distribution of content such as GeodSoft's.
Any place that these terms refer to a link to GeodSoft.com, it must be
a working link, i.e., invoke the default browser and display the linked
to page. Electronic document formats that do not support live links,
such as plain text, and print or any physical media, that is not
an image of an actual GeodSoft.com web page, may meet the link requirement by providing
both the complete URL plus appropriate descriptive text. Generally
appropriate descriptive text means the description used on the contents
page, like "Beginner's Guide to Secure Shell (SSH)" or "Good and Bad
Passwords" from the How-To area, or "Password Cracking Basics: Tools
and Techniques" from the "Good and Bad Password" section contents,
for a specific page.
If material from GeodSoft.com is distributed in a physical electronic
format, such as CD or DVD, the digitally signed Terms must be included.
GeodSoft.com is a web site and as such consists of many HTML
documents (web pages), text documents, executable scripts, and
other components. Web pages and displayable web content may be
printed and subsequently photocopied, provided that any printout
that is more than one physical page be treated as an indivisible
unit, and that all copyright notices, licenses, or terms of use,
are preserved intact with the other physical pages.
GeodSoft.com web pages typically contain standard headers, footers,
and navigation aids that may be of little value, except as part of a
working web site, and a unique portion that comprises the page
contents. The links and standard page elements may be removed from the
unique page contents, provided that the copyright notice and license
reference with any links are preserved, or updated with the notice from
the Terms page if these are newer than on the content page being
distributed. The unique
page contents may be reformatted and used in other media. Note
that many sections, such as the "Good and Bad Passwords How-To" or
the "Ten Practical Security Steps" have a common section title
that is part of the unique page contents. If multiple pages are
used this title needs to be retained. If only a single page is
used, the section title may be omitted. The HTML title, which is
part of the HEAD and not the BODY is unique to every page and must
be retained. If your site has a clear HTML title standard, this may
be negotiated. The "previous," "up" and "next" links at the bottom of all
pages in many sections are invariably unique to each page; they
may be kept, moved, modified, or discarded.
Unique page contents may be aggregated, provided that each section
(single Web page or group of pages from the same subdirectory tree)
includes a separate URL linking to the original GeodSoft.com location
from which these contents were obtained. Where multiple pages from a section are
included the link should be to the section contents page. Where
a single page from a section is used the link should be to the
specific page. If a part of a page is used, the link should be to
that page, and to the closest anchor above the used contents, if the page
contains anchors. The visible text in the link may repeat the actual
URL, or be the section title for multiple pages, or be the page
title for a single page, or be a concise description of the subject
when a portion of a page is used. Both the URL and description may
be used. Such an aggregation
must include at least one copyright notice and license reference
in a prominent location. For the purposes of this license, aggregation
means the inclusion of unique web page content from two or more
web pages into a single document (e.g., HTML, XML, DOC) or file.
Some web pages and text documents displayed on the GeodSoft web
site may not contain the copyright notice and license reference.
If they are used with other GeodSoft material, already containing
one or more copyright notices and license references, and
unmistakably part of the GeodSoft content, additional copyright
notice and license references are not required. If GeodSoft text
or pages lacking copyright notice and license references,
are used singly or in such a manner that they may be confused
with material from other sources, then a GeodSoft copyright
notice and license reference must be added to such material by
the distributor.
The GeodSoft web site includes source code for executable scripts or
programs. Generally, these have their own copyright notice, with a
brief and permissive license that explicitly allows modifications.
Anyone may opt to take advantage of this more liberal license, as it
pertains to these scripts or programs. However, once modified, this
source code or executable scripts, must not be distributed with GeodSoft
content, without prior written permission. Unlike other GeodSoft
material, the distributor, or anyone accessing the distributor's
copy of GeodSoft material, may copy any of these scripts or programs
and develop them for any purpose allowed by their liberal licenses.
Typically the copyright notice and brief terms need to be retained
within the source code,
as long as the code is recognizably derived from GeodSoft
content. When running as a program, normally no credit, copyright notice,
license, or link to GeodSoft need be displayed, unless the license
to the specific code states otherwise.
Some small scripts or programs appear as examples within GeodSoft Web
pages, or may appear as linked to text files without this source code
specific copyright notice and license. The following text may be
added to the beginning of such source code which may then be used in
accordance with these terms and conditions:
"Copyright 2000 - 2014 George Shaffer.
Anyone may use or modify this code for any purpose, PROVIDED that as
long as it is recognizably derived from this code, this copyright
notice remains intact and unchanged. No warranties of any kind are
expressed or implied."
These terms do not apply, and may not
be attached to any CGI scripts or other programs that may be executed
from the GeodSoft web site (any file that ends in ".pl"), or which may
temporarily or unintentionally
be exposed to web access, or which may be obtained via any failure of
or breach in GeodSoft web site security. Any scripts, that are
intended to be available as open source, will appear in a web page or
be copied to a non executable file with a ".txt" extension, and be
linked to from one or more web pages describing how the script relates
to the linking page.
The GeodSoft web site includes a unique graphic logo. The
favicon.ico graphic file is a simplified form of the logo and may
be used as a icon in a browser and desktop links referencing
GeodSoft.com. The favicon.ico may also be used in association with web
links to GeodSoft.com. Otherwise, the GeodSoft logo may not be copied,
distributed, modified, or used in any way, except exactly as it
appears on the GeodSoft Web Pages of which it is a part. It will,
and must, appear as part of all web page printouts and photocopies of
original GeodSoft Web pages.
If any GeodSoft web pages are copied to and are accessible from any other
web site, the pages may be used exactly as they appear on the GeodSoft
site (mirrored) and any links to pages that are not local to the
mirror site, MUST be adjusted to link back to the original pages at
GeodSoft.com. If document directories are not at the same depth
relative to the DOCUMENT_ROOT as the original documents, directory
names above the document
directory or directories may be adjusted, but all document directories and
all HTML and text documents should retain their original names.
Mirroring the Terms of Use does not meet the requirements for a
digitally signed copy of these terms, nor waive the requirement that
the distributor provide such a digitally signed copy.
If GeodSoft Web page content is used on another site, and the full
page is not an accurate replica of the original, it must begin with a
link to the original GeodSoft.com web page, must not use the logo, and
must not use the links and contents of the standard navigation area
which is separate from the unique page content. The unique textual content
must remain unaltered but the format, font, color, and other visual
attributes may be changed. The copyright
notice and license reference must appear in its entirety, with working
links. Links to external web sites or pages that have changed or are
no longer available, may be updated or removed as appropriate.
If the GeodSoft.com web site goes offline permanently, any active links to
GeodSoft.com otherwise required by this license are no longer
required but the reference to GeodSoft.com must remain.
No other requirements are altered.
The content of GeodSoft's web site, may be indexed by public web search
engines, except as excluded by /robots.txt. (All other automated access
is prohibited as described in Unauthorized Use
below.)
If GeodSoft content is entered into a non commercial database or other
mechanism that results in the display of less than complete web pages,
then each display must include the complete copyright notice and
license reference.
Commercial use or distribution, e.g., a fee based searchable database,
or use in a commercial printed book, requires prior written permission
from George Shaffer under terms to be determined at the time permission
is granted, if it is granted. Commercial use includes any display
of GeodSoft content where the person or organization displaying the
content receives monetary compensation for such display; this specifically
includes web sites that display any advertising, even if no advertising
is displayed in association with GeodSoft content.
We encourage links to the GeodSoft web site but prohibit the use of
our graphic logo without prior written permission, though favicon.ico
may be used where appropriate.
II. MODIFICATIONS
The GeodSoft Publication License does not allow substantive
modification without prior written approval by George Shaffer.
Substantive modifications include any changes of meaning or the
addition or removal of selected content.
Conditions will be agreed on if permission is granted. Formatting
changes, removal of Web page navigation aids and graphics as discussed
above is allowed (or required), spelling corrections and corrections
of obvious typographic or grammatical errors are permitted.
Each HTML document or web page is a component of a computer application.
A web site is an information delivery application. It should be
self-evident that modifying a link changes the behavior of the page
and application and is a substantive modification. The link modifications
that are allowed or required are discussed above. One modification is
NEVER allowed. This is modifying the '<a href="">' (the invisible
functional part of a link) to link to another domain, when the visible
text in the link includes "geodsoft" or "GeodSoft". The large majority
of GeodSoft links are relative links and contain no domain name so
that the site is easily moveable. The few links that include GeodSoft
in any variation are intended to remain as they are.
Language translations are allowed;
the copyright notice and license reference must be preserved in
English and also be translated to the same language as the content.
Selective quoting in the context of a review or commentary is not
considered a modification. See VI. FAIR USE.
The GeodSoft Publication License may be used as a model for other
content licenses, without attribution or incorporating the copyright
notice and license by reference. If you use large portions of the
license, we would appreciate an acknowledgment somewhere in your terms
of use or on your web site. There is no need to include any reference
to GeodSoft in an adapted copyright notice and license by reference.
III. COLLECTIVE WORKS
If GeodSoft content is aggregated with other works, material from
each separate web page, or related group of pages from a directory,
must begin with a URL linking to the original location. The author of
the collective work, may at his or her choice include the complete
copyright notice and license reference, with working links if in an
electronic format, at the beginning of each discrete section containing
GeodSoft content, or may include the entire copyright notice and license
by reference on the copyright page and identify each section where GeodSoft
content is used. GeodSoft content may be mirrored in a collective work.
Mirroring the Terms of Use does not meet the requirements for a digitally
signed copy of these terms, nor waive the requirement that the distributor
provide such a digitally signed copy.
Any collection where GeodSoft content comprises
over 35,000 words must contain
a prominent acknowledgment of the GeodSoft content, in addition to the
copyright notice and license by reference. If the work is a CD ROM or
other electronic medium that may be used off line, and the pages are visual
replicas of the original GeodSoft Web pages, the graphic logo must be
included on the media, and there must be a clear separate notice that
additional restrictions, as described above, apply to the graphic logo.
The GeodSoft copyright and License do not apply to any other content of
the collective work, or the work as a whole.
While the author of a collective work has the right to copyright the
collective work, GeodSoft content may not be included in any
collective work where the collective author attempts to use their
collective copyright to prevent further copying of any GeodSoft
content in accordance with these terms. If the collective author
places a restrictive copyright on the work as a whole,
they must make an explicit statement that this does not apply to the
GeodSoft Sections, which may be used and copied in accordance with
the GeodSoft Publication License. The GeodSoft copyright covers
all GeodSoft content wherever it may appear, and only the GeodSoft
Publication License may restrict how that content is used or copied.
GeodSoft content may not be included in any work that
includes any form of copy protection, digital rights management,
watermarking, or technology designed to track the use of,
or hinder access to, the content.
The collective distributor may charge a modest fee to cover the costs of
media and packaging, typically about one dollar but not more than two.
He or she may also charge a modest fee that covers the actual costs of
packing and shipping the collective work. If distributed at an event like
a convention or trade show, the distributor may charge the media fee but
not a shipping fee. Charging more than the actual costs of creating and
delivering physical media is clearly commercial, and a violation of
these terms.
IV. NO WARRANTY
GeodSoft content is licensed and provided "as is" without
warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not
limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose or a warranty of non-infringement.
V. VIOLATIONS
Any person or organization that reproduces or distributes GeodSoft
content in violation of the terms of this license forfeits all future
rights to use, copy, or distribute GeodSoft content.
If I believe someone has displayed or distributed
GeodSoft content in violation of the license terms BUT they have
1) read this entire page, and 2) made a serious effort to comply with it's terms,
and 3) the violation was not intentional, I may choose to
negotiate a settlement. This is entirely at my discretion. I will decide
if I believe claims they have read this page, made a serious effort
to comply, and that the violation was unintentional.
In addition to forfeiting all future rights to use any GeodSoft content,
any person or organization who violates the Terms of Use and Copyright page
provisions and or the GeodSoft Publication License, agrees to pay
George Shaffer one dollar ($1.00) per day per word for any GeodSoft
content that was used in violation of the Terms or License. Any one who
has used GeodSoft.com content for any commercial use without explicit
written permission agrees to pay George Shaffer two dollars ($2.00)
per day per word for this violation of the License. The violation
is deemed to begin on the day that a web page containing unauthorized
GeodSoft.com content is made public or that physical copies, electronic
or printed are first distributed. If this date cannot be reliably
established, the violation is deemed to begin on the date that the
content was first published on GeodSoft.com. The violation is deemed to end on the
day after any public display of GeodSoft.com content is removed or
distribution of physical media containing GeodSoft.com content has
ceased, and the distributor has entered a binding written agreement to
never again distribute GeodSoft.com content.
In addition, any distributor who violates either the Terms of Use or
GeodSoft Publication License agrees to pay all legal fees, court costs,
collection costs, and any other costs incurred by George Shaffer in his
attempt to stop the illegal use of his content and to collect the penalty
fee described in the preceding paragraph.
Failure to enforce our rights for any period of time shall not prevent
us from doing so at a future time. Failure to pursue any violator or
violators of our Terms and or License, shall not prevent us from
pursuing any violator at a future time.
Any litigation relating to GeodSoft.com, the GeodSoft Publication License, or
the Terms of Use and Copyright shall be conducted in Alexandria, Virginia, or
in the Court with jurisdiction closest to Alexandria, Virginia. If any
state laws are applicable, they shall be the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
VI. FAIR USE
As with all copyrighted material, fair use exceptions apply, but
these are frequently subject to dispute. If you have any doubt
that your intended use is covered by fair use, please obtain
prior permission for such use. Keep in mind the explicit contract
agreed to by using this site and further by copying from it. I
agree with the principle of fair use, and thus the terms of use allow
GeodSoft content to be used in a manner consistent with fair use.
So long as the use of GeodSoft content is the lesser of no more
than three consecutive paragraphs or 500 words,
but never more than one page, and provided proper
attribution is included, it is not necessary to include the copyright
notice and license by reference. More non consecutive total content
may be used if it is properly attributed, and is clearly in the context
of a review or commentary. Proper attribution for the purposes of this
paragraph is "This material was written by George Shaffer and may be found
at URL" The wording may be changed, provided that the core meaning is not.
"by George Shaffer" and "from URL" (where URL is a valid URL for the
location where the content was found, or a working link in
an electronic document), should be sufficient. I do
not believe a meaningful review or commentary can be written
in response to an anonymous or unidentified author.
Use the most specific URL available. Link
to the specific page that the material was from and not the section. If
the page has internal anchors (link locations designated by a #
in the link); link to the closest anchor that precedes the material
being used. The visible part of the link should identify the specific
topic being discussed, and not be a general title or phrase.
As long as additional material in the review comes from the same page
at a location below the original link, no further
links need be provided. If additional material is used from
a different page, or from a location on the same page above the
original link, then a new specific
link must be provided for that material. As long as it is clear
from the context what is and is not GeodSoft material, additional
attributions are not needed, but if it is not clear, then it
must be made clear by the use of phrases such as "by George Shaffer"
or "from GeodSoft.com."
VII. SEVERABLILTY
If any part of this license is found to be unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, the remaining portions of the license remain in
force.
VIII. REQUESTS
Simply for our information, GeodSoft would appreciate notice of
distribution of our content to more than a handful of recipients,
especially where we would not otherwise know of such use, as in a
company. I've written everything on this site from scratch and never
received any form of compensation. If someone finds my material
useful, I don't think it is unreasonable to ask to be informed of that.
We would appreciate a complimentary copy of any work, physical or
electronic, where GeodSoft content constitutes more than a minor
portion of the content, and a significant number of copies are
made.
END. This line is the end of the GeodSoft Publication License.
Unauthorized Use
Users of GeodSoft.com are authorized to access
information on this site via the HTTP or HTTPS protocols from web
browsers or other software or hardware that includes end user web
browsing and web content access as part of its basic functionality.
Users may access the sites via DNS entries or IP addresses. Users may
use any URL provided on any GeodSoft.com page or directly created from
any GeodSoft.com web form to access content on our site. Users may
access GeodSoft.com content
via links from other web sites, or received from other users by e-mail
or other means. Users may shorten
such URLs by removing query information, then HTML
document names, then lower level directory names, in an attempt to
find more general information, if our navigation aids do not seem suitable
to your needs. All other attempts to obtain information from, or
access GeodSoft.com is prohibited.
Public search (web indexing) services that respect the restrictions
specified in robots.txt and limit retrieval rates, are allowed. Only
authorized spiders and their operators working from the same or related
IP addresses are allowed to access robots.txt. All
other script, robot, programmed, or automated access is
prohibited, unless prior permission is requested and granted.
Automated access includes browser prefetch addons, such as Firefox's Fasterfox.
Any attempt to access unauthorized files, directories, or obtain other
information, to interrupt services, to create significant numbers of
error messages or log file entries, or to cause programs or security
to fail, by entering invalid or fraudulent information into web forms,
by constructing invalid URLs, or otherwise transmitting to GeodSoft
computers any data, which may have such effect, is prohibited. Use of
any protocol other that HTTP and HTTPS is prohibited. Deliberate
transmission of corrupt or invalid IP packets to GeodSoft.com is
prohibited. The use of any port scanning tools or other hardware or
software designed to obtain information about our computers or
network, not explicitly provided on our web pages is prohibited.
Detection of any prohibited activities may result in blocked access
and or may be reported to your ISP or any other appropriate authorities.
In 2007, dramatically increased hosting costs driven
by excessive bot activity forced active measures against
unauthorized automated access. Other unauthorized activities were
detected. The amount of (unwanted) traffic was substantially reduced.
Please do not jeopardize your access
and possibly that of innocent customers at your ISP by using page
prefetch tools, wget, or any other automated web access or retrieval tool.
A single automated
access of ten or fewer pages may permanently cost you access to this site.
Depending on varying circumstances, you may get away with
multiple automated accesses, and then one day find yourself locked
out permanently.
GeodSoft.com reserves the right to block any person or persons, company, organization,
IP address or addresses or block or range of IP addresses, user agent, ISP, country,
or any other entity that I may have overlooked, for any reason that seems to us to be in
our own interests. Not that it's technologically possible, but we will never
discriminate against a U.S. citizen based on age, sex, race, national origin or
place of birth, or sexual or political orientation. Regarding physical handicaps,
when this site was developed, we did our best to comply with the accessibility
guidelines then available. Newer standards suggest techniques we use are not
optimal. We apologize if anyone finds this site difficult to use. Ease of use was
the overriding criteria in all design decisions; if we failed to accomplish our goals,
that is regretted. This site has no source of income and operates entirely at a
loss. All material here is presented in the hope that some will find it useful,
but as is, without warranty of any kind. If this site does not meet any of your
needs there are millions of other web sites to choose from, and we invite you
to do so.
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