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Article #5310Re: Paying for Shareware (Was: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1...)
From: Brad Templeton
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 05:51
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 05:51
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John is right, I have participated in commercial activity on USENET, such as offering books for sale. And while there was some debate about that the first time I did it, my impression was that it came out on the side of approval -- it certainly wasn't unanimous disapproval. The next year when I did it again there was no disapproval. This is why I can state with some authority that USENET has no prohibition against such activity. Proof by counter-example. There is only one standard on USENET, in spite of what some who want to impose their own particular ideologies might say. "Is it of value to the readers and sites." Book announcments such as mine clearly were, based on response. Job postings are. For sale announcements are. Conference announcements are. New product announcements are. Product support is. etc. etc. And as far as I can see, shareware is too. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont. (519) 884-7473
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!bstempleton From: bstempleton@watmath.waterloo.edu (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Paying for Shareware (Was: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1...) Message-ID: <34556@watmath.waterloo.edu> Date: 23 Feb 90 05:51:51 GMT References: <13986@s.ms.uky.edu> <33975@watmath.waterloo.edu> <34392@watmath.waterloo.edu> <17981@rpp386.cactus.org> Reply-To: bstempleton@watmath.waterloo.edu (Brad Templeton) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 21