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Subject: Re: Paying for Shareware (Was: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1...)
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Date: 11 Feb 90 19:21:20 GMT
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Reply-To: mliverig@verity.com (Mike Liveright)
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From: mliverig@Verity.COM (Mike Liveright)
Path: spark!mliverig

1) My personal Ethic requires me to pay for a product, software, un-solicided
mail, etc. that I use. Thus I will pay for the shareware that I use and,
consider the lack of payment by others as unethical, i.e. not in agreement
with my personal ethics.

2) My practical Ethic requires me to encurage others to do what I think will 
benifit me and the communities that I involve myself in, e.g. the computer 
community. Since I believe that if shareware is not payed for, than there 
will be less available, and thus, I and my community will be hurt. I
will continue to suggest that others should pay for the shareware that 
they use. 

3) My legal Understanding is that shareware that is delivored to me, without
my specific request, is probably legally mine to use as I wish, but that if
I take action to obtain such shareware, after being informed of the authors
conditions, then I may be legally responsible for following these conditions.

Because of this, I will continue to pay for the shareware that I use and 
encurage others to do the same. I do not feel that this is required by
the legal situation, and feel that others that disagree with me are not
criminals, but just have a different belief of what is "right" and what
will benefit them.