Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!husc6!ut-sally!ut-ngp!cgeiger From: cgeiger@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Selling of Freeeware/Shareware Message-ID: <4493@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Jan-87 10:55:01 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.4493 Posted: Mon Jan 12 10:55:01 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Jan-87 01:23:23 EST References: <1646@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 20 Keywords: PD, freeeware, shareware In article <1646@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>, boris@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Boris Altman) writes: > I have seen that some companies distribute/sell PD software/shareware > at a price ranging from $3 to $10 for a 400K disk. I thought that the > rule was that you can charge only to cover your cost and postage. > Most users group charge very low price of 50 cents to $1 per disk. > I think if they charge $3 a disk they are making profits and with > $10/disk they have a great profit margin. My question to the net is: > > Is this legal? Yes! What's going on here is that the companies are selling a service--namely, gathering the software for the users--rather than selling the software itself. If that sounds fishy to you, then so be it. charles s. geiger ARPA: cgeiger@ngp.cc.utexas.edu cgeiger@ut-ngp.ARPA UUCP: ihnp4!ut-ngp!cgeiger allegra!ut-ngp!cgeiger gatech!ut-ngp!cgeiger seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!cgeiger harvard!ut-sally!ut-ngp!cgeiger