Re: "Giveaway of the Day" -- is this really freeware????? (Mr. Bottoms: please copy)

Bear Bottoms wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:14:34 -0600, FirstName LastName
> <first_last@erehwon.com> wrote:

>> Sietse Fliege wrote:

>> ...

>>> Ergo, the programs are not trialware, they are (conditional) freeware.

>> Please don't dilute the purpose and the meaning of Freeware. This
>> programs aren't in any way or form distributed as Freeware.

>> Thank you.

> "Wikipedia: Freeware is copyrighted computer software which is made
> available for use free of charge, for an unlimited time, as opposed to
> shareware where the user is required to pay (e.g. after some trial
> period)."

This simplistic view is nonsense.

For a program to be true freeware it as to be:

Free to use in private and commercial settings.
Free to redistribute as long as you don't charge money for the
distribution or try sell it.

It cannot impose further restrictions: registration, time-limited (ie
Demo, Trialware), feature-limited (ie Crippleware).

As you see, the programs distributed by that site don't fulfill none of
the conditions.

The site owners don't claim that they are distributing freeware, neither
should you.

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Bear Bottoms (21.12.2006 16:59)

Daniel Mandic (21.12.2006 20:28)