Re: [MacPerl-Forum] Re: [MacPerl] Any shareware advice ?

[Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>]

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 04:55:39AM -0400, Joshua Juran wrote:
> I think webslave is talking about something I have also thought about:
> Distribute the source for free, and the distribution (compiled executable
> plus other files) as shareware.  This is clearly legit if it's your
> software -- you can do anything you want with it.  Otherwise, I wonder if
> charging a few bucks for preparing the distribution qualifies as a
> "reasonable copying fee".  So it's completely open, but you can still make
> money off those who don't want the hassle of compiling it themselves.  That
> wouldn't go over so well in unixland, but on the Mac we're used to being
> asked to pay for shareware.
> 

Why do you say it wouldn't go over so well in unixland?  Isn't that how Red
Hat et al. make money?

Ronald

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