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From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe)
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Subject: Re: SHAREWARE on Networks
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Date: 4 May 89 19:49:42 GMT
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In article <48@massey.ac.nz> GEustace@massey.ac.nz (Glen Eustace) writes:
> If we put [shareware]
> up on the server, are we liable for the registration? or are our users?
> 
> I would love to hear what others think about SHAREWARE on LANS and how
> this problem can be addressed. There must be some solution that is
> fair to the SHAREWARE Authors, us as the Network Support service and
> our Users.

I'm a shareware author. In general, the wider the distribution my product 
gets, the happier I am. If 1200 people on your network have a chance to 
see my gadget, and one or two percent of them actually buy it, I've made a 
tidy profit!

You should probably group and label your shareware collection, so the 
users don't assume that it's already site-licensed. A big obvious READ ME 
file should do it, or a judiciously-named directory or folder.

An interesting parallel: Jasmine hard drives come out of the box with a 
large library of shareware and public domain stuff. I don't know what 
warnings they send along with it; but a LOT of my shareware income comes 
from folks who say "I found it on my new Jasmine, and really liked it...".

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