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Article #1880Re: Why is "SHAREWARE" being posted to comp.sources.misc?
From: Jeff Griffith
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:06
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:06
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I've always thought that USENET was strictly non-commercial. From this premise, Shareware isn't allowed as it is an effort to produce income from the distribution of software. So, given this basis, any time I've seen Shareware posted, I've ignored any requests for money. This group was created to distribute source code, and because USENET is not commercial, it must be presumed that the code is not for commercial use. It must also be presumed that the author provides USENET sites with a license to distribute (but they cannot change a distrubition fee) and provides users with a license for personal use. Otherwise, USENET sites can't transmit the code anywhere and users could never use the code (if so, why bother posting it and save us all some money). I have ordered shareware from other concerns (mostly Software Excitement) and obtained some on the "Fish" disks from computer stores. I these cases, I contribute. I obtain the software from a commercial vendor, I knew, (or found out before I used it) that the software was shareware and honored the licensing terms. Jeff Griffith (302) 633-8881
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From: griffith@hpavla.lf.hp.com (Jeff Griffith) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:06:13 GMT Subject: Re: Why is "SHAREWARE" being posted to comp.sources.misc? Message-ID: <17240001@hpavla.lf.hp.com> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Little Falls Site Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!scd.hp.com!hpscdm!hplextra!hpcss01!hpwala!hpavla!griffith Newsgroups: comp.sources.d References: <1992Nov11.163818.26072@bagend.uucp> Lines: 21