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-<h1 align="center"><font size="5" face="Verdana"> <strong>ActiveLock 2.0 Alpha 1 Release Notes</strong></font></h1>
-<p><font size="2" face="Verdana">ActiveLock has undergone major changes since
-    version 1.89. Version 2.0 introduces a completely new system architecture.
-    It is important
-    that you read these release notes and the other accompanying documentation
-    so that you can have a better understanding of the new ActiveLock.</font></p>
-<p><font size="4" face="Verdana"><strong>WHATS NEW:</strong></font></p>
-<ul>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">New DLL API - no more OCX</font></li>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Enhanced security</font><font size="2">
-    </font>
-    <ul>
-      <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Functions allow users to checksum the ActiveLock
-          DLL before use</font></li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Strong Encryption - protects your license data</font></li>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">New Licensing Formats</font><font size="2">
-    </font>
-    <ul>
-      <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Trial and Timed Expiry licenses now supported</font></li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Support for more license storage methods</font><font size="2">
-    </font>
-    <ul>
-      <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Alpha 1 only includes license file storage</font></li>
-      <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Future releases will support Windows Registry
-          Storage</font></li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-</ul>
-<h2><font size="4" face="Verdana"><strong>BUG FIXES AND TO DO LISTS:</strong></font></h2>
-<p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Due to the dynamic nature of bug fixes and to
-    do lists you have to have a look <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526385">online</a> to see what is in the pot for the
-    next release of ActiveLock.</font></p>
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+<title>ActiveLock 2.0 Release Notes</title>
 
-<h2><font size="4" face="Verdana"><strong>FEATURES FOR FUTURE VERSIONS:</strong></font></h2>
-<p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Alpha 1 is the first of many releases of ActiveLock
-    2.0. Listed below are the features you can expect to see in upcoming releases
-    of ActiveLock. If you don't see a feature that you would like added to ActiveLock
-    have a look at our <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526388">Feature
-    Request system</a>... If you still don't see what
-    you want <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526388">submit
-    a feature request</a> and we will try to get your feature added
-    to ActiveLock.</font></p>
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+<center>
+<h1>Release Notes</h1>
+<h3>ActiveLock<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> 2<br>
+Alpha 2 (Oct. 13, 2003)</h3>
+</center>
+<hr>
+<p>
+<h2>Contents</h2>
 <ul>
-   <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Concurrent licensing</font></li>
-   <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Site licensing</font></li>
-   <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526388"><font size="2" face="Verdana">More Online...</font></a></li>
+    <li><a href=#introduction>Introduction</a>
+    <li><a href=#legalese>Legal Disclaimer</a>
+    <li><a href=#changes>Change History</a>
+    <li><a href=#compatibility>Compatibility</a>
+    <li><a href=#redistribution>Redistribution</a>
+    <li><a href=#resources>Online Resources</a>
 </ul>
 
-<p><font size="4" face="Verdana"><strong>HOW YOU CAN HELP:</strong></font></p>
-<p><font size="2" face="Verdana">Believe it or not your help is invaluable to
-    us and the rest of the ActiveLock users out there. The more users participate
-    the better we can make ActiveLock. Being a tester is not a big job but it
-    is important. Please follow the list below to help us make ActiveLock a great
-    product and to provide the best customer support we can.</font></p>
+<a name="introduction"><h2>Introduction</h2></a>
+<blockquote>
+Thank you for downloading this release of
+ActiveLock<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> 2.
+ActiveLock &nbsp;is a software licensing tool written primarily in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.
+
+<p>
+ActiveLock has undergone major changes since version 1.89.
+Version 2.0 is a complete redesign with new system architecture for better protection against hackers.
+It is important that you read these release notes and the other accompanying documentation
+so that you can have a better understanding of the new ActiveLock.
+</blockquote>
+
+<a name="legalese"><h2>Legal Disclaimer</h2></a>
+<p>
+Before proceeding any further, please ensure that you read and understand <b>License.txt</b>
+accompanying this release.  Proceeding beyond this point implies that you have read and agreed to
+the terms and conditions specified in <b>License.txt</b>.
+
+<a name="changes"><h2>Change History</h2></a>
+<blockquote>
+   <h3>2.0.3 (Alpha 2) - Oct. 13, 2003</h3>
+   <h4>New Features</h4>
+   <ul>
+        <li>ActiveLock Universal GENerator (ALUGEN).  This is a key generator that will work against
+            any application using ActiveLock 2.  This generator will also create <code>SoftwareCode</code>
+            that you'll need to set in your application.
+   </ul>
+   <h4>Bug Fixes In This Release</h4>
+   <ul>
+        <li>The issue of alcrypto.dll crashing has now been resolved.
+   </ul>
+
+   <h3>2.0.0 (Alpha 1) - Aug. 05, 2003</h3>
+   <h4>New Features</h4>
+   <ul>
+        <li>New DLL API - no more OCX
+        <li>Enhanced security. Available functions allow users to checksum the ActiveLock DLL before use.
+        <li>Strong Encryption. ActiveLock now employs 1024-bit RSA encryption technology for its key generation.
+        <li>New License Types. Trial and Timed Expiry licenses are now supported.
+        <li>Flexible license storage methods. License data are now stored in a license file instead. Future releases will support Windows Registry Storage.
+   </ul>
+
+   <h4>Known Issues for This Release</h4>
+   <h5 class=dtcsubheading>alcrypto.dll crashing</h5>
+   <p class=dtcbody>rsa_createkey() sometimes crashed your application.
+   This is due to a bug in alcrypto.dll in which a bad
+   keyset is sometimes generated, either caused by rsa_generate() or one of
+   rsa_private_key_blob() and rsa_public_key_blob().
+   This causes the rsa_createkey() call encryption routines to crash.
+</blockquote>
+
+
+<a name=compatibility><h2>Compatibility</h2></a>
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>
+ActiveLock 2 will NOT be compatible with ActiveLock 1.x.
+</blockquote>
+
+
+<a name="redistribution"><h2>Redistribution</h2></a>
+<blockquote>
+You are free to redistribute however you wish, provided that you include the
+<a href="http://www.activelock.org/License.txt">ActiveLock License</a>.
+<p>Here is the list of libraries that you'll need to redistribute.
 <ul>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Download and Test ActiveLock</font></li>
-  <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526385"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Submit Bug Reports as you find Bugs</font></a></li>
-  <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526386"><font size="2" face="Verdana">Submit Support Tickets instead of Mailing
-      the Mailing List</font></a></li>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526388">Submit Feature Requests for New Features
-      you Want</a></font></li>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.activelock.org/boards">Post Feedback in Our Forums</a></font></li>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="mailto:mc...@us...?Subject=I%20Want%20to%20Join%20the%20ActiveLock%20Dev%20Team&Body=Tell%20us%20why%20you%20want%20to%20join%20the%20dev%20team%20in%20this%20space...">Join the Development Team</a></font></li>
-  <li><font size="2" face="Verdana">Don't be Afraid to ask for Help!</font></li>
+    <li><b>activelock2.dll</b>. ActiveLock 2 COM library.
+    <li><b>alcrypto.dll</b>.  ActiveLock 2 cryptography Windows regular DLL
+    <li><b>alutil.dll</b>. ActiveLock 2 Utility COM library used by activelock2.dll
 </ul>
-<p align="center"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><strong>Created August 4, 2003 by Michael E. Crute</strong></font></p>
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+</blockquote>
+
+<a name="resources"><h2>Online Resources</h2></a>
+<blockquote>
+For additional information, refer to these ActiveLock pages on the
+World Wide Web:
+<dl>
+    <dt><a href="http://www.activelock.org">http://www.activelock.org</a>
+    <dd>This is the official web site of The ActiveLock Software Group.
+        Please check this site for documentation and other online resources.
+
+    <dt><a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/activelock">http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/activelock</a>
+    <dd>This is the ActiveLock Project Page on SourceForge.Net.
+        Please refer to this page for new releases,
+        <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526385">feature requests</a>,
+        and <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70007&atid=526385">bug reports</a>.
+
+    <dt><a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/activelock-users">ActiveLock Users Mailing List</a>
+    <dd>This is the fastest way to get help if you're having trouble using ActiveLock.
+
+    <dt><a href="http://activelock.sourceforge.net/boards/">ActiveLock Message Board</a>
+    <dd>You can also post questions and discussions here.  This way any newcomers who has not joined
+        our mailing list can also benefit from your discussions.
+</dl>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<hr>
+<small>
+ActiveLock<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> is a trademark of Nelson Ferraz <br>
+Copyright 1998-2002 Nelson Ferraz <br>
+Copyright 2003 The ActiveLock Software Group (ASG) <br>
+All material is the property of the contributing authors. <br>
+</pre>
+</small>
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