Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Commercial software in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Message-ID: <2971@looking.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 89 19:42:14 GMT
References: <6191@bsu-cs.UUCP> <2967@looking.UUCP> <6203@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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That is a tough question.  On one hand one might argue that it is up to
the readers to decide if they want to pay for shareware.  The sad comment
is that we correctly expect most people to use the shareware and not pay
for it.

As such, we might consider posting such software to be encouraging piracy
of shareware.

On another hand, there is no question that the shareware authors and even
begware authors know what they are getting into, and would fully support
the posting, even to a bunch of known illegal users.   If they decide
that requiring payment will get them a few more payments than not
requiring payment, that's up to them as well.

Should the moderator pre-judge the morals of the readers?
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd.  --  Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473