                Hermetic Stego, Version 3.00
               Copyright 2003 Hermetic Systems
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1.  License terms
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This Hermetic Stego software ("the Software"), in its trial
form, may be downloaded from the Hermetic Systems website at 
http://www.hermetic.ch/ and used for the purposes of evaluation only.  
It may not be distributed further by any means without the prior 
permission of the copyright holder.

No modification of any sort, sale, disassembly or distribution 
by any means (including making available over a network) of the 
Software is permitted.  Any rights not specifically herein granted 
by Hermetic Systems ("the Licensor") are reserved.

A single-user license for the use of the Software may be obtained 
by visiting the web page at http://www.hermetic.ch/ordering.htm 
and following the link to the Kagi order page, or by using the 
Paypal link on the Hermetic Stego documentation page at 
http://www.hermetic.ch/hst/hst.htm.

A single-user license granted by the Licensor for the Software provides
the person or company purchasing a license ("the Licensee") with the 
non-exclusive and non-transferable right to install the Software on 
up to three PCs at one time, for use by at most one person at one time, 
and to use it for its intended purpose.

A site license provides the Licensee with the non-exclusive and 
non-transferable right to install the Software on as many PCs 
at one site as stated in the site license purchase invoice 
(the 'Thanks for your purchase' message), which installed copies 
may be used on-site by any employees of the Licensee.

2.  Documentation 
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Full documentation for Hermetic Stego is available online at 
http://www.hermetic.ch/hst/hst.htm.

3.  Installation of the Software
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After downloading the package of files from the web (as a ZIP file
or a self-extracting archive) four files may be extracted, one of 
which is SETUP.EXE.

To install the Software close all programs and run the SETUP.EXE program 
(at a command prompt or by double-clicking on the program icon) and 
follow the prompts.  After installation you can run the program by 
selecting Start | Programs | Hermetic Stego.

If you have any problems with installation please contact Hermetic
Systems at support@hermetic.ch.

To reinstall the software, or to install a later version, please
see Section 6 below.

4.  Trial Period
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After installation the Software will run in fully-functional mode
for ten runs or ten days, whichever comes first.  Thereafter 
(unless activated) it will run in demonstration mode, with restricted 
functionality (for further information regarding the demo mode see http://www.hermetic.ch/hst/hst_demo.htm).

5.  Activation of the Software
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To activate the Software (to make it permanently fully-functional) 
you need to enter an activation key (once only).  This is supplied 
after a user license has been purchased.  The activation key is specific 
to the machine on which the Software is installed.  If the Software is 
to be installed on more than one PC then a separate activation key must 
be obtained for each installation.

When you first run the Software an 'Enter activation key' window
will open.  This contains instructions as to how to obtain an
activation key, namely:

First direct your browser to the web page at 
http://www.hermetic.ch/actkey.htm and enter the following information:
(i) the email address you used when purchasing your user license
(or, for a site license, the email address that the purchaser used),
(ii) the invoice number (if the license was purchased via Kagi)
from the 'Thanks for your purchase' message (not necessary if 
the license was purchased during the last three days) and
(iii) the machine signature as displayed in the 'Enter activation key'
window.
After you click on 'Submit info' the form transmits the information 
to Hermetic Systems.
    
Soon after receipt of this information Hermetic Systems will send 
the activation key to you at the email address you have requested 
it be sent to.  You should copy the activation key from the email message 
to the clipboard then paste it into the box provided for it in the 
'Enter activation key' window.  (You can use the 'Paste key' button
to do this.)  Clicking on 'Enter key' will then activate the Software and 
you will normally not need the activation key again.

6.  Reinstallation of the Software
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If you have previously installed this version of the Software
successfully and for some reason wish to reinstall it then you can 
simply rerun the SETUP.EXE program.

If you have previously installed an earlier version of the Software
then installing this new version may overwrite some files used by 
the old version, which then may or may not function correctly.

Thus it is recommended to uninstall the old version before installing
a new version.  This can be done by selecting Start | Settings | 
Control Panel then Add/Remove Programs.

If you have activated the Software, and you reinstall it, it will
not be necessary to reactivate it.

If you install a new version of the Software on the same PC then you
will normally not need to obtain a new activation key.  If you install
a new version on a different PC then you will need a new activation key
(provided free to purchasers of a user licence).

7.  Credits
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Design and programming (June-August and November 2003): 
Peter Meyer (dba Hermetic Systems)



