Author: Will Singleton
Date: 12:25:14 06/05/98
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On June 04, 1998 at 20:09:47, Fernando Villegas wrote: > > >Hi will. >Being one of the guys that produces these questions for the polls, I >want to explain you the reason of not doing such distinction. It >appeared clear to >me that copy protection is a device always related with commercial >concerns and so the question obviously does not tocuh freewares programs >and does touch all the rest, shareware included, as much as this last >category is as commercial as anything else with just a different >distribution system. >Regards >Fernando I think there is a distinction between the cost/benefit of copy protection for shareware vs commercial. A commercial program would be silly to do without protection, while a shareware fellow probably doesn't have much invested in it, or at least won't be hurt as much by illegal sales. That's a significant distinction. Will
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