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From: hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg)
Subject: Re: Shareware Distribution
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.174809.27389@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>
Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland
References: <1991Apr10.183550.18420@bigsur.uucp> <1991Apr17.134253.8931@bhpmrl.oz.au>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 17:48:09 GMT
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paulg@bhpmrl.oz.au (Paul Gallagher) writes:

>To change the subject slightly, has anyone out there had any good/bad
>experiences distributing shareware? I'm particularly interested in the
>level of user-response programmers have had in  various countries.

I'm living in Germany and sent three programs to simtel some months ago.
Two users reported errors in very special situations. I corrected them.
Since then I never heared anything. Not a single registration.

Could please somebody with better experiences enlighten me how
to state in the docs that this is shareware to ensure that at least
some people pay for the programs that they use?
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