Re: Source Code for OS?

[olcott <olcott@qwest.net>]

Nearly everyone in the world are not even prepared
to as much as pay the cost of the few seconds it takes to
download this stuff for free. This trend continues to progress
soon it will all be lost forever (unless someone does something)...

Paul Schlyter wrote:

> In article <zlqg6.4846$o85.27862@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> Simon Biber <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net> wrote:
>
> >> :-) .... dream on!  The vast majority of those who download those
> >> free copies would not be prepared to buy used copies.  If you must
> >> pay actual money for it, you'll think twice of whether you actually
> >> need it or not.  But if it's for free, you'll get it even if you
> >> don't really need it.
> >
> > I agree, but there is software which I would like to get. If it was
> > available on some website, sure I'd like to download it for free but if I
> > couldn't then I would pay someone for it.
>
> Does that mean that if you downloaded a piece of shareware, you'll
> never pay for it, no matter how much you like it, unless you somehow
> were FORCED to pay (e.g. by the shareware version being disturbingly
> crippled) ????
>
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