On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:37:22 -0400, Nicolas George wrote:

> Jim Henderson  wrote in message <487e4670$1@news.povray.org>:
>> It's worked for software publishers for quite some time...
> 
> I try avoid shareware as much as possible. Could you explain in what
> sense it "works"?

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).

I've seen this successfully used for many years.  Personally, I don't 
think it's too much to ask if the authors want to control distribution 
that the publishers who want to include it ask for permission.  After 
all, if I (as a website owner) want to repurpose a Magazine's content, 
I'm required by law to ask for permission unless I want to excerpt under 
fair use.  If I want to reproduce the content in its entirety, I MUST ask 
permission.

Why should software be any different if the author chooses to follow this 
standard convention?

Jim

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