Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!utoday!greenber From: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Scareware Message-ID: <1342@utoday.UUCP> Date: 12 Mar 90 04:53:03 GMT References: <14010@s.ms.uky.edu> <125816@midas.UUCP> <635@magnus.Hotline.Com> <34812@watmath.waterloo.edu> <10612@hoptoad.uucp> <1370@utoday.UUCP> <1990Mar10.020747.29783@pegasus.com> Reply-To: greenber@.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Organization: UNIX Today!, Manhasset, NY Lines: 50 Sorry my attitude bothers you. Stick me in your kill file, Richard. richard@pegasus.UUCP (Richard Foulk) writes: >This Ross guy sure wants to have it both ways at once. If he's not >holding out hope that someday Usenet will become a willing delivery >system for his wares then why has he been the most prolific poster >to this discussion? > This Richard guy certainly has a problem reading postings. I've not said a word about Usenet and my code. I don't post it for a variety of reasons, including the idea that I'm uncomfortable with the idea of using Usenet for commercial stuff. I merely state, again: if you get shareware, and continue to use shareware programs, either register their usage, or stop. Why is that so difficult for you to understand, Richard? >Says who? Why? > >The law says it belongs to me already. But you'll notice that Ross >stays way away from that argument. > >Ross sure spews lots of words at us for someone that's "not trying to >sell anything to anyone". > Sigh. The law says nothing about it, Richard. Maybe in the future it will. But, you're no lawyer, and neither am I. On my part, I have too much self respect to become a lawyer, on your part it's because the legal profession has too much self respect for itself. I stay away from the legal arguments simply because there's nothing there that counts, one way or the other. I merely prefer people to act in what I consider an ethical way. If you don't pay for a shareware program, stop using it. That's all. It's the right thing to do. That's all. Using shareware without paying for it is wrong. Paying for the shareware you use is right. If you're uncomfortable paying for shareware, stop using it. That's all. -- Ross M. Greenberg, Software Concepts Design, greenber@utoday.UU.NET 594 Third Avenue, New York, New York, 10016 Voice:(212)-889-6431 BIX: greenber MCI: greenber CIS: 72461,3212 BBS:(212)-889-6438