dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (03/23/91)
In article <7808@uceng.UC.EDU>, dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes: > However, I have not seen a shareware license that > attempts to compensate a shareware user for advertising the product. > The shareware author earns higher profits by replacing, in part, > for-profit dealers with volunteer consultants. Is that fair? Actually, PC-Write has a clause where every person who registers indicating that they got there copy from you (based on the branded serial number on your registered copy) causes you to get a royalty. -dh
s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron) (03/25/91)
dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes: >In article <7808@uceng.UC.EDU>, dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes: >> However, I have not seen a shareware license that >> attempts to compensate a shareware user for advertising the product. >> The shareware author earns higher profits by replacing, in part, >> for-profit dealers with volunteer consultants. Is that fair? >Actually, PC-Write has a clause where every person who registers >indicating that they got there copy from you (based on the >branded serial number on your registered copy) causes you to get >a royalty. This is a good reply to a lousy question. Daniel Mocsny probably hasn't noticed, but shareware is usually heaps cheaper than normal software, and thousands of people leech on the shareware authors just because they are trusted. The disk duplicator businesses do not feed any profit back to the shareware authors. All in all, shareware authors, while undoubtedly hoping for a profit, are a lot more public-spirited and a lot worse treated than the major companies. I wonder how many actually make a profit. Has anyone seen any figures? -- Regards, Ron House. (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au) (By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350)