Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!munnari!vuwcomp!alex
From: alex@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Alex Heatley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: ShareWare
Message-ID: <13225@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: 26 Jan 88 03:50:54 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, Victoria Univ., Wellington, New Zealand
Lines: 18
Keywords: Shareware, Edit2.1

Hi,
   I'm trying to find out if Edit2.1 is shareware or freely available. The
application itself offers no details as to its status and I'd normally assume
that meant it was free, except that I'm sure I saw somewhere that you had to
pay for it. 

The reason why I ask is becasue we have some people who want to pay for it if
it's shareware as they find it so useful. 

While I'm on the subject, I prefer to use the term "Freely Available" Software
rather than Public Domain as the latter is a misnomer in these days of
ShareWare, GreyWare, Snuffware etc. How do others feel about the debasement of
the term Public Domain to include things which aren't Public Domain but share
some of the same characteristic?

Thanks for your time.-- 
Alex Heatley : CSC, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
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