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From: rand@merrimack.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Questions on shareware fees.
Message-ID: <18810.25ff5444@merrimack.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 90 08:37:24 GMT
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In article <3262@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>, halam@umnd-cpe-cola.d.umn.edu (haseen alam) writes:
> 3) Is there a time limit on the SW fee?  If I come accross a program
>    which was last updated two or more years back, do I still have to pay
>    the fee?                                                  ^^^^^^^
> 
> 4) If the SW (or even commertial) program is not supported by the author
>    (or company), am I still obligated to pay for it?
>[...]
> Mac, and someday I might have something out.  I would like to know my
> rights as an author, the price that I should expect for my product (if
> any?), and some legal rights!!
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^

When Shareware started making the rounds I asked my legal man about the
issues surrounding it. He said, "They have no legal recourse to MAKE you
pay for it. Once you give something away you can't then force people to
pay for it. Morally? That's a different question."

Rand P. Hall                    UUCP: {uunet,wang,ulowell}!samsung!hubdub!rand
Merrimack College               CSNET: rand@merrimack.edu
N. Andover, MA        "Carrying a spare is negative thinking" -- Norris Weldon