[thelist] [OT] Gift Culture on the Net: A Rant

Martin martin at members.evolt.org
Sun Aug 19 17:10:49 CDT 2001


Frank wrote on 19/8/01 10:35 pm

>The other side of the coin is that I may want to examine your work 
>before I purchase it. I need to see that your work will be 
>serviceable to me should I choose to pay for it. It's one form of 
>'buyer beware'.

And no problem with that, as long as the vendor accepts this as
part of the due diligence process.

And if they refuse, you're not going to give them the business.

This still doesn't mean that you can examine the work without
permission.

>If I truly want a secret kept, I keep it to myself.
Perhaps by encryption?

Cheers
Martin

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