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Subject: Re: Rybka official site is here ..

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 09:49:21 12/08/05

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On December 08, 2005 at 10:19:25, Steve B wrote:

>>is no worse than announcing and linking to old dedicated units available for
>>purchase at certain auction sites...
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>not exactly
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>the auctions i point are not sold by me..and ICD does not sell old computers
>i never point out new products  sold by ICD
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>>Freeware is allowed, and the engine was indeed freely available, even if for a
>very short time span.
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>:))
>seems to me..a way of getting around things
>5 days its freeware..
>certainly not the same As Ed's Pro DEO now is it?
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>>My understanding of the charter in practice, is that making an isolated or some
>isolated announcements regarding the commercial release of a program is ok.
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>two points here
>1."isolated" is not really in the charter
>perhaps it should be
>2.even if it was ..one could hardly call the last few days posts here as
>Isolated
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>there is a new marketing model at play now i see
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>an Engine is announced as free for a short time by the author..and then released
>as commercial



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>its advertising Al..
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>dont need to be a marketing genius to see this
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>Best
>Steve


 No, but it surely helps if your mind is focused mainly on business - money -
 calculations - profit...

 /S



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