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From: fitz@wang.com (Tom Fitzgerald)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Paying for Shareware (Was: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1...)
Message-ID: <1990Mar5.023934.16771@wang.com>
Date: 5 Mar 90 02:39:34 GMT
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root@polari.UUCP (The Super User) writes:
>  No one speaks for the net.  Ross, I think you've gotten plenty of clear
> opposition to your or anyone else's posting shareware on the network,

Well, if nobody else is being supportive of the idea, let me.  I like
having shareware come across.  If it looks good, I'll use it, and if it
still seems worthwhile, I'll pay for it.  I don't want to be deprived of
the opportunity of seeing shareware just because other people don't
want to see it.

/r$ has already stated his policy of not allowing shareware in
comp.sources.unix.  Clearly there's no way of preventing shareware in
alt.sources.  I don't know what Brandon's policy is.  So it seems clear that
if you don't want a feed that includes shareware, get comp.sources.unix
but don't get alt.sources.

But please don't prevent _me_ from having the opportunity to get shareware,
and don't try to prevent shareware writers from sending me their stuff via
USENET.

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Tom Fitzgerald   fitz@wang.com
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