Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!freja.diku.dk!skinfaxe.diku.dk!jensting From: jensting@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Jens Tingleff) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Public Domain, Shareware, etc. Message-ID: <1990Jul31.071230.27901@diku.dk> Date: 31 Jul 90 07:12:30 GMT References: <9007270846.AA13467@thep.lu.se> <6653.26b2f818@vax1.tcd.ie> Sender: news@diku.dk (The Netnews System) Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen Lines: 22 peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <9007270846.AA13467@thep.lu.se>, magnus@THEP.LU.SE (Magnus Olsson) writes: [..] Plunging head over heels into this, at the risk of getting flamed, I would like an answer to this hypothetical question : If I (someone ;-) ) wanted to distribute a demonstration version of a program (crippled only in the size of the problem that could be handled, reduced from quite large to small-but-usable) totally free, what do I do? Can I post it to USENET somewhere, to biz.*** or whatever ? The uncrippled program would be marketed as a commercial product, but hopefully the demo version would provide a lot of free pulicity ;-) Just wondered.. Jens Jens Tingleff MSc EE, Institute of Computer Science, Copenhagen University Snail mail: DIKU Universitetsparken 1 DK2100 KBH O "It never runs around here; it just comes crashing down" apologies to Dire Straits