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From: dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
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Subject: Shareware licenses (was Re: Cracking games)
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.232640.1@cbrown.claremont.edu>
Date: 23 Mar 91 07:26:40 GMT
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In article <7808@uceng.UC.EDU>, dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes:
> However, I have not seen a shareware license that
> attempts to compensate a shareware user for advertising the product.
> The shareware author earns higher profits by replacing, in part,
> for-profit dealers with volunteer consultants. Is that fair?

Actually, PC-Write has a clause where every person who registers
indicating that they got there copy from you (based on the
branded serial number on your registered copy) causes you to get
a royalty.

-dh