Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!ukma!sean
From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Paying for Shareware (Was: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1...)
Message-ID: <14109@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 90 02:38:36 GMT
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jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:

|USENET is a =free= co-operative network.  People who take advantage of
|=free= things in life are scum.  High ideals or not, they remain scum.

I don't think they're scum, but I am seriously concerned that they may try
to bind us to licenses we don't sign.

My biggest concern in that area is the potential for abuse. Ross Greenberg
and others are providing a good product for a good price. But others may be
attracted by the possibility of abusing it and scamming a lot of people out
of their money.

That, combined with the license issue, is why I think the legal status
quo, "you don't have to pay for it", should be maintained. Too much potential
for destruction of liberties, and too much potential for "get rich quick
at the public's expense."

Sean
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***  Sean Casey          sean@ms.uky.edu, sean@ukma.bitnet, ukma!sean
***  "May I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there is no cannibalism
***  in the British Navy. Absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there
***  is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit." -MP