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FILES - THE PROGRAMS AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON BBSES
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BBSes also have files available for you to use. Among
the files you'll find on BBSes are top-quality application
programs, utilities, games, specialty programs, informative text
files, image files and much much more. Usually programs will
appear on BBSes around the world only days or weeks after they
are released by their authors. BBSes are truly a very powerful
way for you to share files with other users.
The first thing that you should be aware is that all of
the files on BBSes are public-domain or shareware files that
can legally be distributed in this manner (for example, you
could not share a copy of Windows on a BBS). Public-domain, or
"freeware" files are ones that you can use free of charge.
"Shareware" files are ones that you can freely distribute, but