Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:28693 comp.dcom.lans:2810 comp.sys.mac:31802 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!husc6!m2c!bergman From: bergman@m2c.m2c.org (Michael Bergman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.dcom.lans,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: SHAREWARE on Networks Message-ID: Date: 12 May 89 14:49:40 GMT References: <48@massey.ac.nz> <43296228.190fc@gtephx.UUCP> Sender: news@m2c.ORG Organization: Massachusetts Microelectronics Center, Westborough, MA Lines: 15 In-reply-to: ellisond@gtephx.UUCP's message of 11 May 89 18:02:30 GMT If I understand you correctly, the problem is that once the software is on your server, it will be available for use by people who won't actually "have" a copy--and are likely to think that you paid for it. Yet you can't afford to register it all yourself. Seems to me you want to make it available in the same way that it is usually available on a BBoard, that is, they can download a copy (or rcp or whatever) but *not* run from the server...so that they have to take possession of the software in order to use it. Is this feasible? I don't know anything about how your system is set up or what its capabilities are. -- --mike bergman (w) 75 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581, USA +1 (508) 870-0312 UUCP: harvard!m2c!bergman INTERNET: bergman@m2c.org