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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: I'm beginning to get tired of share
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Date: 18 Feb 88 23:32:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Feb 18 17:32:00 1988


Think of "shareware" as a software distribution system, not a licensing
system.  You're invited to keep, distribute, or evaluate copies of the
program, but not to use it without paying.  I really don't see why
that should bother anybody.  I consider the effort to download,
transfer, and de-arc the program to be part of the cost.  Commercial
software through normal channels isn't cheap.

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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