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From: boutell@pineapple.it.udel.edu (Tom Boutell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Public Domain Text Editor?
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Date: 28 Feb 90 16:47:03 GMT
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In article <90059.111843GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET> GILLA@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Arnold G. Gill) writes:
>In article <10878@saturn.ucsc.edu>, ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) says:
>>
>>In article <90053.222532GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET> GILLA@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Arnold G.
>>Gill) writes:
>>>
>>>     I still find that the best PD editor is PC-Write by QuickSoft.  It can
>>be
>>PLEASE!!! PC-Write is *Shareware* NOT public domain. If you are a regular
>>user of PC Write, REGISTER!             -ted-
>
>     I registered with PC-Write at least 4 years ago, back at version 2.5,
>just as I do with all of my PD/ShareWare.
>-------
No one meant to criticize your integrity, and I'm impressed by your track record
on registering shareware, which is unusual; as a shareware author, I personally
thank you.

But the point being made is with your terms, which are damaging, though not
deliberately. The letters PD- Public Domain- should never be associated with
the word shareware! Please! We've worked pretty hard to make it clear that
shareware IS copyrighted and is NOT free, whereas lack of copyright is the
very meaning of public domain. So please don't associate the two terms. That's
the complaint, not your actual use of shareware, which is exceptional. Thanks
for listening to a sharewaresmith rant on. (-:

 

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