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- From: slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley)
- Subject: Re: Hebcal 1.2 - a program for printing Jewish calendars
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- References: <1992Nov15.011253.16697@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 09:34:22 GMT
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- Mr Sandman (sandman@cray.csc.ncsu.edu) wrote:
- :
- : Why the hell do you think *YOU* should receive any kind of compensation
- : for your program? If you're going to post source code, then don't attach
- : any strings, plain and simple. I've been reading comp.sources.* for
- : a long, long time now, and I've never seen anyone hint, let alone
- : blatantly say as you did, that users should send money.
- :
- This is a bit harsh. All he was asking for was email (if you use it for
- >1 week) and money if you feel like it. If you don't want to send any
- money, you are perfectly free not to and still use the program.
-
- As for reinforcing Jewish stereotypes, I hardly think that this will lead
- to Mr Sadinoff being viewed as the Shylock of the information age.
-
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- Simon Langley (preferred) slangley@constant.demon.co.uk
- Hampstead, London
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