On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:16:18 -0400, Nicolas George wrote:

> Jim Henderson  wrote in message <487e7d38@news.povray.org>:
>> Shareware authors get their software included in magazines and such
>> fairly regularly - all that has to happen is the publisher asks
>> permission (or the author asks the publisher to include it on a
>> compilation disc).
> 
> Ok. But the point of libre software is not the freedom of the original
> author, it is the freedom of other people.

I disagree.  If an author wants to limit distribution of their software, 
that's *absolutely* their right.

> Author of shareware control the diffusion of their works, that implies
> they limit this diffusion. That is, of course, necessary if they want to
> benefit from it. But the raw result is that the software is less
> available than it could be.

And that's the author's choice = my point.

Jim

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