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From: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Question for Freeware authors
Message-ID: <122@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 16:46:56 EDT
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In article <392@timeinc.UUCP> greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
>
>Language is an evolving thing.  Flugelman was the guy that made up the
>term "freeware".  This has become a part of our living language.
>

Normally I would say "what is wrong with freeware*?", but as it turns out,
"Freeware" is a trademark!  The words "shareware" and "Flugelware" are not.
How about "pleaware", because everytime you start one of these up you get
a plea to send in money!

Tom Almy