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John Corliss
Before the anybody tries to insist that I'm trying to tell people what
to do, I qualify this message with the following:
*This is just an idea.
If you like it:
use it.
If you don't:
don't use it.*
If you're asking for a program to meet a software need and have a
specific belief regarding what is and isn't freeware, then include
that into your signature file. For instance, mine might read something
like:
_________________________________
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.
_________________________________
or you could go the "positive" route (although this would probably
result in people recommending more types of software that you don't
want) with:
_________________________________
Genuine freeware, non time limited betaware, careware, donationware,
nonag liteware, orphanware, postcardware and registerware only please.
_________________________________
This "preference inclusion" could also be kept in a saved text file
that you could cut and paste into your message, or as a *permanent*
part of your signature file. If you don't use it at all though, you
would have nobody to blame but yourself when people recommend types of
software that you don't want.
Of course this will require people to respect other's preferences, but
it should cut down on all the dissension in the group.
Message to Andy Mabbett:
I, and I'm sure many others, couldn't care any less about the effect
this has on signature files being "broken."
To everybody else, any opinions?
to do, I qualify this message with the following:
*This is just an idea.
If you like it:
use it.
If you don't:
don't use it.*
If you're asking for a program to meet a software need and have a
specific belief regarding what is and isn't freeware, then include
that into your signature file. For instance, mine might read something
like:
_________________________________
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.
_________________________________
or you could go the "positive" route (although this would probably
result in people recommending more types of software that you don't
want) with:
_________________________________
Genuine freeware, non time limited betaware, careware, donationware,
nonag liteware, orphanware, postcardware and registerware only please.
_________________________________
This "preference inclusion" could also be kept in a saved text file
that you could cut and paste into your message, or as a *permanent*
part of your signature file. If you don't use it at all though, you
would have nobody to blame but yourself when people recommend types of
software that you don't want.
Of course this will require people to respect other's preferences, but
it should cut down on all the dissension in the group.
Message to Andy Mabbett:
I, and I'm sure many others, couldn't care any less about the effect
this has on signature files being "broken."
To everybody else, any opinions?
