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In article <10612@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes
a bunch of stuff about shareware and FSFware.

GNUware and Shareware, while similar, are not directly comparable. Shareware
is basically an alternate form of commercial software. The advantages and
disadvantages of shareware have been debated at excruciating length. The
folks who use scary licences to try to push people to paying for their
shareware offerings are, IMO, fooling themselves. There are those of us who
distribute shareware with an "if you like it, send some cash" message. No
scary copyright notices.

FSFware is like the shareware with the scary copyright notices, except that
it's also surrounded with an odor of sanctity... because the donations they
require are less tightly connected to the almighty dollar. But the bottom line
of GNUware is no less coercive than the "scareware" that John is complaining
about.

Those of us into *really* free software, either voluntary shareware, PD stuff,
or freeware would do well to hold both camps in disdain.
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