Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: M.B.A's versus Dyed in the Wool Hackers Message-ID: <8F51FN9xds13@ficc.uu.net> Date: 18 Jan 90 17:59:22 GMT References: <2930@netxcom.DHL.COM> <15530@well.UUCP> <1162@utoday.UUCP> <13014@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 27 > Shareware seems to be a different animal. It is typically written by the > same sort of people as myself, or Jef, or Larry, but these people seem to > believe that they should be compensated for their time and effort. I don't see shareware as a different animal at all. It's in between Freeware and commercial software. You always have the option of not using it, as I have the option of not using GNUware (and indeed I don't use it). It's just another voluntary contract. And like all such contracts, both parties benefit. So what's the problem? > the copyrights, and wierd license agreements, most of which are home brewed > and not enforceable, and are only morally and ethically defendable if you > accept the same subjective judgements as the person who wrote it. What about those of us who use a standard freeware license, and then add a request for donations. Not as part of the license, and not as any sort of restriction on the distribution of the program, but as a simple request for compensation if you happen to like the program? Who could possibly have a problem with that? > If you want to publish software and make money, take the time to do it. > If however, programming is a labor of love, a form of creativity, then just > do it, and don't gripe too much. The only griping I see is from the other side. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'