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In article <dfs.721516252@ro>, dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll) writes:
>In <1992Nov11.163818.26072@bagend.uucp> jan@bagend.uucp (Jan Isley) writes:
>
>>Danny Sadinoff may deserve to make millions for writing a program that may
>>or may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but I have a fundamental
>>problem with the way it is presented to us.
>
>In all fairness, Sadinoff asked only for mail or e-mail after one
>week.  He said specifically that he was not demanding money.

Here's what he said, verbatim:

   2) You can use this program for free for one week.  After that
   trial period, if you wish to use this program, drop me a line.
   I'd like to know who you are, how you're using hebcal, and any
   thing else you'd like to tell me.  

   I am NOT demanding payment for the use of my program, but writing
   this program DID take time.  Feel free to send $10 to
   me at my US Mail address. (hint)

There's obviously some ambiguity here.  The statement "You can use this
for free for one week" certainly carries the strong suggestion that it
will cost you to use it after that, but then he explictly negates that
and says that he considers payment purely voluntary.  I think he might
have been using the phrase "for free" in the sense of "without any sort
of requirement for any action whatsoever" -- not its usual meaning,
true, but then he's posting to comp.sources.misc, not alt.prose.

It sounds like what he's really after is an email dialogue with people
who are interested in Hebrew calendars, with a secondary hope for a
couple of bucks.  Doesn't sound that sinister to me.

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