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Originally Posted by JNDSDA
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"Giveaway period for this software is over, please check our web-site for a new giveaway".
Any of these free software are good as long as you keep them on your PPC/PC but once you re-installed them, they are no good? 
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Well, technically I guess you could install it more than once, but you still have to do it before the end of the giveaway. For instance, you download and install the morning of the giveaway, have a problem, and if you can manage to install again that same day, still within the giveaway period, you should be fine.
But after that, the offer expires. During the install, validation is required (so also you have to have an active internet connection while you perform the installation).
That's how they offer some value to the software vendors. They provide advertising by providing one day giveaways. As long as you don't have a system crash or something, your installation is fully registered and functional. But, no reinstalls later, no upgrades, no support, etc.
But if you install/activate within the giveaway period, a full, registered version is yours until you uninstall it or reformat your hard disk or reinstall your OS (or hard reset in the case of an Axim, I suppose).
So, it provides the users a great way to sample things and find the occasional keeper with no trial duration limitations, etc. If you find something you can't live without, you will probably want to buy it eventually anyway, perhaps when the new version comes out, or if you find yourself needing technical support.
Consider it a free sample, like say someone gave you a potted plant that normally sells for $20, a rose bush perhaps, and as long as you can keep it alive you can fully enjoy it and don't have to pay for it. If it dies and you really wish you still had such a plant, you have to shell out the $20 for the replacement. :)
(If you want something that is a free offer which is ALWAYS free, well, the common names for that are freeware, open source, etc. No doubt, many of those programs are outstanding.)
By the way, I did get the game installed on both the x50v and x51v before the offer ended. Seems to be running great, now I just need to learn how to actually play this type of game.