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From: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Shareware & Honesty (Was: Software (and other kinds of) copying)
Message-ID: <516@ddsw1.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 88 19:48:44 GMT
References: <8055@g.ms.uky.edu> <174@piring.cwi.nl> <39450@sun.uucp> <6649@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <469@aimt.UUCP> <308@esquire.UUCP> <39947@su <1091@cpocd2.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc., Mundelein, IL
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In article <1091@cpocd2.UUCP> howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) writes:
>In article <39947@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>>There are two common ways to get shareware, thru
>>BBS's and on library disks. But to get the package you have to *ask* for it
>>and suddenly it isn't an unsolicited gift now is it?
>You're forgetting "through USENET".  This is the way I get most of my
>shareware, and it is most definitely unsolicited, though not unappreciated.

But did you 'subscribe' to this group on Usenet knowing that you would get
shareware in it?  I'd bet so....

If this is the case, you're not getting anything 'unsolicited'.  And in any
event, even with Usenet, it takes *work* and *time* to get the software on
your system. (uudecode and file transfer aren't automatic!)

Unsolicited?  If it showed up on your system without warning or notice, it
would be.  But the act of converting/downloading the stuff certainly is an
act which could be considered 'solicitation' of the software... you ARE
trying to receive it; it doesn't "just arrive".

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