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From: dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims)
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Subject: Re: v08i116: ozshare1, shareware utils (part 01/10)
Keywords: Overpriced Shareware
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Date: 17 Oct 90 04:14:10 GMT
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schikore@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Dan Schikore) writes:

>>Perhaps c.b.i.p should contain public domain and freeware packages only.

>NEVER!  I think that shareware authors want their packages to get to as
>many people as possible.  If something gets posted to c.b.i.p and someone
>doesn't want to use it, they don't have to pay for it.

In a previous post I retracted my statement, and said that, indeed,
shareware authors ought to be able to post to c.b.i.p.

>Can't it be that simple?

The problem is that it might not be that simple. Another issue raised in the
shareware poll is the question of who gets to use the Internet.
Some people remarked that since the Internet is funded by the
gov'ment and commercial interests, then other commercial entities
who have not paid for access to the net should not
be entitled to use the net. These "other commercial entities" are
shareware authors, although they might post posing as a student or
an employee of a company that does pay to have Internet access.

So unless there exists my_shareware_company.com, I shouldn't be allowed
to post shareware programs.