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From: art@felix.UUCP (Art Dederick)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Commercial software in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Message-ID: <88287@felix.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 89 14:13:05 GMT
References: <6236@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: art@felix.UUCP (Art Dederick)
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In article <6236@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>DEMOs versus FULLY FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMS
>Should both, or none, or one (which?) be posted?

Nothing that says you must pay for it, either shareware or demos
(fully functional or not).  As I have said before, commercial software
does not belong on Usenet in any form!  Soliciting for contributions
is ok.

Let me ask you something Rahul, do you like making other people money
and getting nothing in return?  This is what you are doing when you
post shareware or demos.  In addition, think of what the supporting
sites would do if they were to discover that something they thought
was a free information exchange media was being used for commercial
purposes and the cost they incure is supporting some other business.
I know of a software directory here that would shut it down right
now.

Art Dederick
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