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- From: dparvaz@deafnet.com (Dan Parvaz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Users are selfish Was Re: crippled software
- Date: 11 Mar 1996 16:25:40 GMT
- Organization: Fibernet! Satisfy the need for speed
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- Just one author's experience:
-
- I tend to not cripple my stuff for a couple of reasons: (1) I don't need
- my shareware fees to survive, and (2) it generates more ill will than it's
- worth. Type! (my pre-2.0 keyboard driver) only provides a gentle reminder
- for a few seconds before normal use begins, and *that* it only does some
- of the time. My own personal philosophy.
-
- |Not paying for shareware is not larceny. The cost of using that shareware is
- |the cost of time in dealing with the crippling and pop-up reminders. That's
- |the consumers choice. That's the peril of shareware.
-
- My attorney disagrees. Under most s/w license agreements (and use of the
- program in question implies agreement to terms of the program's license),
- you have a certain period to try the program out before you are obligated
- to pay the registration fee. My trusting you to not steal doesn't mean
- that you're not stealing.
-
- Granted, that's the "peril" of shareware. It's also its strength. I get
- enough support in terms of fees to encourage me to provide what many
- unscrupulous people view as a free service.
-
- I happen to believe in carrots, not sticks. In shareware, that is. I'm a
- little tougher in my "day job" :-).
-
- Dan Parvaz
-