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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Subject: Re: New ideas on software piracy... Flames welcome.
Message-ID: <3093@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 02:17:13 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 02:17:13 1985
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In article <419@gumby.UUCP> foust@gumby.UUCP writes:
>	Public domain software is getting better and better.  Often, 
>it comes with print-it-yourself documentation and source code.  The 
>two PC programs I use most were free, (Kermit and CED) and they came 
>with long, well-written manuals.  Most of the utilities I use are 
>public domain, too.  Remember how all the old CP/M utilities migrated 
>to PC-DOS?  Why won't this keep happening?  

I hate to throw water on the fire, but I've read a couple of reports that
many people are re-thinking the shareware/freeware concept in the Macintosh
market because of rather flagrant abuses. Apple is reportedly rather upset
with the way some of the early Beta test stuff they were passing around to
have tested (early versions of the disk based Macwrite, for example, and an
interim version of the Imagewriter printer driver) without permission, and
I read a report somewhere (Macworld? I'll have to look for my reference)
that a number of shareware people are reconsidering because of the low
response rate and problems with people taking shareware and removing or
modifying the shareware notices. 

It just goes to show -- when something gets popular, people start abusing
it. If you aren't careful, it gets abused into oblivion...

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