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 ====== Getting past the opening hurdles ======
+The JUCE library is quite definitely //not free//. The good folks at Roli Ltd. do, however, offer two free options ("Personal" and "Education") which allow people to get started with JUCE without having to pay for a commercial license, and these options involve certain conditions to which you'll have to agree, whether you like it or not. This page gives you a chance to preview the whole process before you start, and gives some hints one where to put things on your PC or Mac.
 The very first time you run the Projucer, the first thing you'll see is this rather scary thing:
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-This makes it pretty obvious that you aren't going to get any further unless you sign up for a developer account with Roli, so if you haven't done so already, you can click on "I do not have an account" at the bottom, and you'll be presented with a form that looks like this:
+This makes it pretty obvious that you aren't going to get any further unless you sign up for a developer account with Roli. **Relax.** This is painless, and free, and will also allow you access to Roli's online JUCE forum at https://forum.juce.com where you can get answers to questions as you learn about JUCE.
+If you haven't done so already, you can click on "I do not have an account" at the bottom, and you'll be presented with a form that looks like this:
 {{::projucer-sign-in2.png?direct&600|}}
-After you fill in all the fields, scroll down, click the "I would like to receive the latest news from Roli" if you wish, and hit the big green Register button, you get this:
+After you fill in all the fields, scroll down, click the "I would like to receive the latest news from Roli" if you wish (I like the fact that this is not checked by default---thanks, Roli), and hit the big green Register button, you get this:
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-Once again, you have no real choice, so click OK, and finally, //finally//, you can really get started using the Projucer. For the details, move on to [[getting_started_with_the_projucer|Getting started with the Projucer]].
+Once again, you don't really have a choice, so click OK, and //finally// you can [[getting_started_with_the_projucer|get started with the Projucer]].
-{{::projucer-new-project.png?direct&600|}}

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