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Subject: Re: Shareware - threat or menace?
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Date: Sun, 10-May-87 02:06:08 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 10 02:06:08 1987
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in article <571@bsu-cs.UUCP>, dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) says:
> 
> And this is something that a lot of shareware authors forget.  If 
> your documentation says, "this contribution is voluntary", it makes no
> sense to fret when people don't pay.  Is it voluntary, or is it not?
> If it isn't, you shouldn't be using the term "shareware" anyway.

	I tend to only rarely pay for shareware. I only rarely pay for
"real-life" software. My usual criteria are

 1) usefull
 2) I have a use for it.
 3) I have M1 ( ok, money ... for non economic types )

  for example.. I find an interesting shareware game and I play it for 
20 minutes and then decide that it is not worth the disk space. Again,
typical of most computer games. I feel no obligation to contribute.

  similiar example.... same as first, but add in sources. This is different
.. If this s/w can now be changed and molded to your specific needs and
is a good starting point then I will send in a contribution.

  frequently found case: Shareware is a hoax for "demo" versions of a
companies s/w package in disguise a something usefull. This is something
I hate......  they should send ME money to evaluate it. This especially
bad if it happens over usenet as in the case of some well known prolog..

 so to recap:
  I will gladly donate to shareware authors if I have a REAL use for 
the software and if sources are provided.


Alex P Novickis

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