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Re: Insect Pro 2.1 : New version release
From: Pete Smith <seclists () decapitate us>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:06:58 +1100
On 9 March 2011 11:13, Ryan Sears <rdsears () mtu edu> wrote:
I agree, in order for it to qualify as 'free' it needs to be just that. Forcing someone to make a 'donation' before you give them said free software is SELLING that software. Saying it's free is not just misleading, it's a blatantly *not* true. Juan did however give me a download to test it out when I contacted him off-list, which was nice of him, but I don't think that these announcements should say 'free with a donation from 20$ up'. It should state that you HAVE to pay 20$ in order to get a download. Anything else is misleading. Also due to the fact that this is *not* open-source I did not try it out. Just too many red flags for me.
I agree with Ryan here, too many red flags... Essentially this $20 "donation" is paying for a windows only gui as most of the functionality that is being advertised to encourage people to download and pay the donation is provided by actual open-source products... Do you know what would be really good... not using FD to advertise and drum up donations for your product...
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- Insect Pro 2.1 : New version release runlvl (Mar 07)
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- Re: Insect Pro 2.1 : New version release Ryan Sears (Mar 08)
- Re: Insect Pro 2.1 : New version release Pete Smith (Mar 08)
- Re: Insect Pro 2.1 : New version release Jeffrey Walton (Mar 08)
- Re: Insect Pro 2.1 : New version release Pete Smith (Mar 08)