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In article <dparvaz-1103960942230001@user168.fiber.net> dparvaz@deafnet.com (Dan Parvaz) writes:
 > 
 > |Not paying for shareware is not larceny. The cost of using that shareware is 
 > |the cost of time in dealing with the crippling and pop-up reminders. That's 
 > |the consumers choice. That's the peril of shareware.
 > 
 > My attorney disagrees.  Under most s/w license agreements (and use of the
 > program in question implies agreement to terms of the program's license),
 > you have a certain period to try the program out before you are obligated
 > to pay the registration fee.  My trusting you to not steal doesn't mean
 > that you're not stealing.
 > 
 > Granted, that's the "peril" of shareware. It's also its strength.  I get
 > enough support in terms of fees to encourage me to provide what many
 > unscrupulous people view as a free service.
 > 
 > I happen to believe in carrots, not sticks.  In shareware, that is.  I'm a
 > little tougher in my "day job" :-).
 >
        Well, I have a somewhat offset view on some shareware...  I /did/
register telser.device, even though I've never needed more than the shareware
versions single active unit.

        I /did/ register EGS PhotoAlbum because I found it useful to me --
especially after a mass FTP from Avatar <G> -- even though I have ADPro and
could view all the files with that...

        I have NOT registered LHA, and don't even have MUI (I use ALynx rather
than AMosaic).

        Why?

        I obtained LHA because it is practically required if one is going to
download anything from an Amiga software site (Genie, AmiNET).  I also avoid
MUI based applications for a similar reason -- if an application uses MUI, it
means I must use MUI to use that application.  IOW, I'm not using MUI for
itself, I am forced to use it because something else requires me to use it.

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