From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_home.com)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 06:06:19 PDT
on 6/22/01 8:56 AM, countless monkeys randomly typing on behalf of jimthej
at jimthej_at_pacbell.net miraculously produced:
> on 6/22/01 1:52 AM, matthew_at_crescent.org.uk at matthew_at_crescent.org.uk
> wrote:
>
>> How about this for a solution.
>>
>> After a thorough search to try and buy the software from the authors:
>>
>> A trusted member of the list sets up a Kagi account and we charge $10 for a
>> copy. This money stays in the account for 2 yrs after which it's given to a
>> charity. We publicise this BIG TIME so that hopefully the authors will come
>> forward. If they do they get the money (or maybe donate it anyhow) they then
>> have the option to let us know what they want to do.
> That's not a bad solution, would certainly delay and confuse anyone
> attempting to prosecute.
> Has moral integrity.
> What about packages that were originally only $5?
>
> Jim Johnston
> Teacher
> Mac Smacker
> Newton User
>
I dare say that if we're pretty faithful about kicking in even $5 per
package, that if a shareware author came back into the picture, he/she would
find they'd made WAY more money than they had previously, given the usual
percentage that pay shareware fees. The other question with this is what to
do about code that needs a registration key. Does somebody on the list
crack it?
- Eric.
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