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- From: autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
- Subject: Re: A suggestion for msdos announcements
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:05:23 GMT
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, St. Louis, MO
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- Message-ID: <1jp2fjINNkct@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- References: <1993Jan18.124704.22408@uwasa.fi> <babcock.15.0@cfa.harvard.edu>
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- In article <babcock.15.0@cfa.harvard.edu> babcock@cfa.harvard.edu (Robert W. Babcock) writes:
- ts>Yes certainly. But including such information is entirely up to the
- ts>uploaders. The archive site maintainers cannot afford the extra
- ts>effort required.
- >
- >One thing I'd like to see uploaders include in announcements is whether a
- >program is public domain or shareware. (I'd like to see this info in the
- >file listings too, but I realize it would be a huge job to get it in there.)
- There is freeware and there is public domain software. This is a
- commonly overlooked fact. This should be made clear by uploaders.
- Freeware by the way, is software that is freely distributable and
- usable but the author maintains ownership of the copyright.
- --
- Larry Autry
- Silicon Graphics, St. Louis
- autry@sgi.com
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