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From: lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: StuffIt 1.5 vs. 1.40B
Summary: This raises a very important point.
Message-ID: <394@manta.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 30 Aug 88 16:09:26 GMT
References: <53@bridge2.UUCP> <24684@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation
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In article <24684@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>, mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes:
> If I were using StuffIt for my personal benefit, I have no problems paying
> the very reasonable sum of $20 for such a great utility, but in all good
> conscience I can't install a shareware utility on the machines at work,
> not knowing how many people are going to make use of it (I would think each
> regular user of a shareware utility should feel obliged to ante up
> the money, even if they all run it on the same machine, no?).
> 
> The whole shareware concept needs clearer definition, what with networks
> and file servers and whatnot.

I agree.  The situation is even more difficult if you work for the
government.  It is apparently very difficult, or even impossible to
arrange payment to an individual.  I would like to include some useful
shareware utilities on the starter diskettes we hand out to our users,
but there is no way to compensate the authors every time we hand one
out.

Dan.