Charging the net....
Dave Goodman
daveg at misty.sara.fl.us
Wed Apr 24 00:09:18 AEST 1991
In article <1991Apr22.192306.29134 at looking.on.ca> brad at looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
> ... As such, they have made shareware
> a non-feasable distribution method on USENET. Too bad, because the
> grass-roots nature of shareware fits well with the grass-roots nature of
> usenet, except with those who think it is a sin for programmers to charge for
> their work.
You are confusing the medium with the message. I, for one, have no
argument with shareware; I support, nay, applaud the concept.
But I see two problems in using usenet to distribute shareware:
1) Shareware *is* a commercial product; using usenet to distribute it
is a commercial use of the net.
2) My site is being involuntarily recruited as an *unpaid* distributor
for the product. I am out of pocket for the costs of acquiring it
(connect time); it uses my facilities and my disk space. All of
this to make a buck for someone else!
At least the author should offer me a percentage if one of my users registers
the package! :-)
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