PFiddlesoft Frameworks
Support
For instructions on how to use the PFiddlesoft Frameworks, including sample code, read or download our Assistive Application Programming Guide for Mac OS X 1.4, a 38-page PDF document. The Programming Guide is also included in both framework bundles along with detailed framework references. Download the source code for our free Event Taps Testbench developer utility in the form of an Xcode 3.2 project file, to serve as example code showing how to use the PFEventTaps framework. If you have questions that aren't answered in the documentation or on this website, send email to us at support@pfiddlesoft.com.
License Terms
The PFiddlesoft Frameworks are copyrighted software. This is a summary of the license terms. For the legally binding terms consult the licenses themselves. The licenses are embedded in the frameworks’ bundles, or download the PFAssistive Framework distribution license and the PFEventTaps Framework distribution license.
Free for Personal Use and for Distribution or Use With Free Products
The PFiddlesoft Frameworks may be licensed free of charge for personal use, including use during development of any client application or other software. They may also be licensed free of charge for distribution or use with any client application or other software that you distribute to the public free of charge (including freeware as well as free beta or trial versions of a product for which you intend to request or require payment in the future). You are required only to give notice to PreForm Assistive Technologies, LLC, to provide attribution to PreForm Assistive Technologies, LLC in your client application or other software, and to include the copyright notice and license in your client application or other software.
One-Time License Fee for Distribution or Use With Paid Products
If you distribute or use the PFiddlesoft Frameworks with a client application or other software product for which you request or require payment, or if you distribute a client application or other software product that includes or uses the PFiddlesoft Frameworks for which you request or require payment, such as donationware, shareware, and commercial applications, or for internal use within a for-profit organization, you must within thirty days of initial distribution of your product pay PreForm Assistive Technologies, LLC a flat one-time license fee of $250 U.S. for each framework that you distribute or use, regardless of the number of units of your product you distribute or use. This fee covers all present and future versions of your product, but any separate and distinct product requires you to pay PreForm Assistive Technologies, LLC an additional license fee of $250 U.S. for each framework that you distribute or use, as described above.
An executed license is required both for free distribution or use, and for distribution or use subject to a flat one-time license fee with a product for which you request or require payment. Download the PFAssistive Framework distribution license or the PFEventTaps Framework distribution license or both of them, depending on which of the PFiddlesoft Frameworks you distribute or use. Then print the licenses in duplicate, fill in the blanks, sign them, and mail them to:
PreForm Assistive Technologies, LLC
P.O. Box 326
Quechee, VT 05059-0326
DIFFERENT TERMS APPLY TO LARGE OR ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS. The source code is available for an additional fee. Contact us at sales@pfiddlesoft.com for details.
DISCLAIMERS
The PFiddlesoft Frameworks are provided on an "AS IS" basis. The following disclaimers apply to each of the frameworks:
PREFORM ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE FRAMEWORK OR ITS USE AND OPERATION ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER PRODUCTS. THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL PREFORM ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE, REPRODUCTION, MODIFICATION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE FRAMEWORK, HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF PREFORM ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. YOUR REMEDY FOR ANY DEFECT OR FAULT IN THE FRAMEWORK IS LIMITED TO REFUND OF THE LICENSE FEE YOU PAID.
This page was first published by PFiddlesoft on May 25, 2010. Last updated October 23, 2011.
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