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Subject: Re: why not share something that we love with other people ?!

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 23:02:47 09/20/98

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On September 19, 1998 at 19:12:58, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On September 19, 1998 at 16:16:42, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>What you say about "sharing the things we love/like" is very nice. This is what
>>Bob Hyatt and several others do here. You charge money for CSTal, which means
>>you have an obligation to them. You cannot pretend that you are doing them a
>>favour.
>
>Wrong. When i buy junior (for example:-) i do it because i find the program
>WORTH the money. Also have known you as a nice guy and want that some money you
>have worked very hard for reaches you. I want YOU to survive.
>
>This is IMO a kind of sharing. I give something. you take the money. you give ME
>something with junior cd.
>
>But i have no further rights, and you vice versa.
>nobody has the right to demand a patch or upgrade on junior for free.
>Sharing is for me not bound on FREEWARE. Sharing something only means:
>you like it, i like it. you give me program. i give you money.
>
>Thats all.
>
>>Amir

If the software you license for a fee is broken, you have an moral obligation to
gfix it to the best of your ability.  I don't care about whether you are legally
obligated to or not.

Dave Gomboc



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