Marque opened this issue on May 03, 2002 ยท 46 posts
FyreSpiryt posted Sun, 05 May 2002 at 9:17 PM
Geez, this string is starting to make me want to pull my freebies. Whine and moan, whine and moan. I agree now that a checkbox addition would be nice. It'd help people get exactly what they want, and as an added perk, it would stop some of the griping. Geez. No one is entitled to a freebie. I also agree with whoever said that "free" is the wrong term. You do pay a price, and the price is obeying the terms the author sets down. If you don't like them, don't use it. To use a freebie against the rules set down for it because you don't like them is just like using a warez copy of Lightwave because you don't like the price. I'm sure someone's going to jump down my throat for that, so if you do, tell me how's it's different. Here's how I say it's the same: Lightwave says you can use their product if you give them X dollars; a freebie author says you can use their product if you obey Y rules. Different price, same principle. If Lightwave's ordering goes down and you can't buy it, does that give you the right to use a warez copy? If not, then not being able to contact a freebie author doesn't give anyone the right to violate the TOS that is the readme. Whew. ::blows out a puff of sulfury smoke:: I think I've exhausted my fire for the night. Next!