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There has been an on going discussion as to whether SHAREWARE is 
acceptable for posting in the group comp.sources.misc.  This has 
been a topic that flares up  everytime that a piece of SHAREWARE 
is posted to the group.  I  do not wish to moderate the group by 
dictating  policy.  I  would  rather that the community at large 
tell  me  what you  feel is the correct direction in the matter.

I am running a vote to  once and  for  all decide whether of not 
SHAREWARE  should be  posted to  comp.sources.misc.  If you feel 
that  SHAREWARE is (un)acceptable  then  let me know via a vote. 

VOTING PROCEDURE:

  Send votes to: votes@sparky.sterling.com OR uunet!sparky!votes

  Preferably, your  message should  include one of the following 
  lines in the body of the text:

      I vote YES for SHAREWARE in comp.sources.misc
      I vote NO for SHAREWARE in comp.sources.misc

The vote will continue until Midnight, December 5, 1992. At that 
time I will tally and abide by the results of the vote. A simple 
majority wins.

And since  someone  accurately  pointed out that I really should 
define the  terms I use... :-)   The  following definitions were
taken from the Jargon file. 

######################## Jargon file terms ######################
:careware: /keir'weir/ n. {Shareware} for which either the
   author suggests that some payment be made to a nominated charity
   or a levy directed to charity is included on top of the
   distribution charge.  Syn. {charityware}; compare
   {crippleware}, sense 2.

:crippleware: n. 1. Software that has some important functionality
   deliberately removed, so as to entice potential users to pay for a
   working version.  2. [Cambridge] {Guiltware} that exhorts you to
   donate to some charity (compare {careware}).  3. Hardware
   deliberately crippled, which can be upgraded to a more expensive
   model by a trivial change (e.g., cutting a jumper).

:guiltware: /gilt'weir/ n. 1. A piece of {freeware} decorated
   with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on
   it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not
   immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money.
   2. {Shareware} that works.

:payware: /pay'weir/ n. Commercial software.  Oppose {shareware}
   or {freeware}.

:postcardware: n.  {Shareware} that borders on {freeware}, in that the
   author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their
   home town or something.  (This practice, silly as it might seem,
   serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for
   nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate
   "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from
   being a gift.)

:shareware: /sheir'weir/ n. {Freeware} (sense 1) for which the
   author requests some payment, usually in the accompanying
   documentation files or in an announcement made by the software
   itself.  Such payment may or may not buy additional support or
   functionality.  See also {careware}, {charityware},
   {crippleware}, {guiltware}, {postcardware}, and
   {-ware}; compare {payware}.

			-Kent+
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