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From: kelly@uts.amdahl.com (Kelly Goen)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Centel Corp. and ViruScan
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Date: 20 Sep 89 23:36:29 GMT
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Not as a flame but you have to remember that the term SHAREWARE does
NOT mean Freeware or Public Domain...Centel was attempting to
illegally capture shareware profits belonging legally to John
Mcafee.(btw Its one thing to redistribute freely...its entirely
another to charge $20.00 for the FREE distribution without permission
of the author...) WE call that theft of intellectual property rights
where I come from!!...While John Mcafee and CVIA wish to encourage the
free flow of Antiviral information... the research, collation and
codification into VIRUSCAN is a cost intensive process!! therefore
John Mcafee logically should be able to determine who can redistribute
his software for a FEE and Who shouldnt be able to...(for those that
are interested John does have a quite attractive OEM and site
licensing agreement!)  Sorry to get on the soapbox but people who
receive and use shareware repeatedly should be paying fees... This
move would greatly improve the quality of software

available from shareware authors!!!.

cheers
kelly
p.s. flames to /dev/null