list confrontations, was: [thelist] Org Chart?

Jeanne Edna Thelwell thelwell at thelwell.org
Thu May 3 10:14:47 CDT 2001


I think you were still jumping to conclusions.  The discussion was about 
using *free* software and I think the point was that some people use *free* 
software because they can't even afford $30 shareware.  *Exactly* the 
opposite of wanting to steal people's software.


At 12:22 AM 5/3/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>On 2 May 2001, at 23:28, Michele Wandrei posted a message which said:
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> > PLEASE don't jump to conclusions like that!  Just because someone 
> chooses to
> > donate services to a non-profit organization, or because an organization
> > doesn't have the funding to purchase software, doesn't mean that anyone is
> > stealing anything.  Why would you assume such a thing?
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>Because the post I was responding to, and which was quoted in *my*
>post, even though you saw fit to edit it out, specifically was talking
>about SHAREWARE - which is try-before-you-buy software - rather
>than freeware. I repeat that paragraph here:
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> >> I think Michele brings up a good point that shows the other side of the
> >> coin.. Sometimes, people really can't afford to pay for software, even
> >> that 'just $30' shareware.
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>Donating your *own* services to a non-profit organizations is admirable.
>Stealing shareware on their behalf is not.
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>In any case, why not write an org-chart CGI, and offer it on the web free
>for the benefit of *all* deserving non-profits? That would be a much better
>use of donated labor. After all, we're not talking about rocket science
>here. Any webmaster who can't write something like that ought to be
>ashamed of himself.
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