Sheesh you don't understand what is sometimes coined "donationware"????
"Jay T. Blocksom" <usenet01+SPAMBLOCK@appropriate-tech.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:14:28 +1000, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "The person
> you think" <spamis@the****house.com> wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > They aren't FREEWARE.
> >
>
> What the He__ are you going on about?
>
> From the SS&D distribution file, <English.license.txt>:
>
> --> I. Freeware
> --> First of all, the reasons why Spybot-S&D is free:
> -->
> --> I.a. Dedication
> --> Spybot-S&D is dedicated to the most wonderful girl on earth
> -->
> --> I.b. Binary
> --> What do you get if you buy software? Lots of ones and zeros, nothing
> --> more. If they were distributed as art, I could understand paying it.
> --> But if the main goal of their order is to earn money - by fees or
> --> ads - I don't like it!
>
> From the vendor's download page for Ad-Aware 6.x
> <http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/>:
>
> --> Welcome to our freeware and shareware Downloads page!
> --> Choose a site to download your copy of Ad-aware, the
> --> Ad-aware Help file, RefUpdate, RegHance and Ad-search
> --> from. The freeware* version of Ad-aware is compatible
> --> with Windows 98/ME/NT40, Windows 2000 + Windows XP
>
> --
>
> Jay T. Blocksom
> --------------------------------
> Appropriate Technology, Inc.
> usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net
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>
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> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
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