Subj : Free stuff
To   : GARY GILMORE
From : BEN RITCHEY
Date : Sun Jan 27 2002 11:15 pm

* An ongoing debate between Gary Gilmore and Ben Ritchey rages on ...

 GG: > Umm, it doesn't matter if it's 100 years old, you should ALWAYS
 GG: > respect the wishes of the authors, especially when releasing on the

That's your opinion ... and you can't know anything, realistically, from
something almost 10 years old. If you had read the entire thing you would know
that he stated ANYONE could use his package for FREE. I'm hardly going to waste
time having people pull an archive that is in all likelyhood, valid.

I rely on common sense: any software Author who releases an unlimited "Free"
key for his/her software, and makes it PUBLICALLY available, can't be too
worried about who uses/gets his software, period.

With all respect for David, the only reason I can think of for his obsure
clause would be to provide a means for changing his mind later and charging for
something he had already published as being "FREE". This is, in and of itself,
highly unethical.

 GG: > That should have been done first.  Sorry to sound stern about it, but

Never said different, and you can sound anyway you want, it won't change my
mind ...

 GG: > 3) Don't modify original archives.

I modify ALL archives, if deemed necessary, as I see fit.

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