From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!jlg
Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm
Title: Re:  ZCPR2 and the PD
Article-I.D.: lanl-a.307
Posted: Thu May 12 13:57:29 1983
Received: Thu May 19 02:12:28 1983
References: sri-arpa.1352

If I were to decide to sell some of my software, I would probably make
it public domain.  The reason for this is that software piracy will 
occur (for good codes anyway) whether I copyright or not.  But by making 
my software public domain I am directly authorizing any 'piracy' that
anyone wants to do.  Of course, if you don't buy from me, you won't
get bugfixes, updates, or extensions when they are available.

This method of software marketing will only work if I price my code
reasonably.  No $600.00 compiler I have ever seen is worth the money, 
so people pirate copies instead.  I have written my own language processors
for my stuff (if I need something that didn't come with the hardware) and
I get along pretty good without the overpriced codes that are on the market.
Still, it would save a lot of time if I could buy this stuff at a reasonable
price.

                                   J.L. Giles
                                   (...!lanl-a!jlg)