root@polari.UUCP (The Super User) (03/07/90)
There's been a rather long conversation about shareware, and quite a few people
have said things about what amounts to the "mandate of the masses". To get a
better idea of what the real situation is, I'd like you to take a minute or
two and answer the following question:
Shareware: A (usually) binary program that can be freely copied, with the
understanding that if you find the program useful and use it, that you
should send some money to the author of the program.
In your opinion, should people be allowed to distribute shareware through
the network? Should there be any restrictions on that distribution (IE
geographic restrictions OR newsgroup restrictions)? Should there be a
seperate group for shareware or other commercial software?
Please respond via email. I will post the results recieved to comp.sources.d
on march 15th.
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bruceki@polari.UUCPtneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) (03/08/90)
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