[PL] 2004 Removals

[Susan Bugher]

If there are any $$$-ware programs on the nominations list please post
the name of the program *now*. TIA

Some PL2004 nominations are controversial.

Please post the names of programs you feel are unsuitable for the
Pricelessware list - and list the grounds for your objection: Spyware,
Adware, Trialware etc. etc.

Rather than have an overly prolonged discussion I think we should have
ballots for: acceptable and not acceptable. These would be in addition
to the usual ballot where we vote *for* a program.

If someone posts an objection to a program that program will be put on
the acceptable/ not acceptable ballots.

Those two ballots will be used to determine if a program is *eligible*
for the Pricelessware list - a majority for *unacceptable* would be
cause for removal from further consideration.

I suggest two ballots to simplify counting the vote. The seconding of
carryover nominations went well and this would be a similar procedure.
If a program is acceptable leave it on the acceptable ballot. If a
program is unacceptable leave it on the not acceptable ballot.

Comments?

Susan
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[vsj]

If there are any $$$-ware programs on the nominations list please
post the name of the program *now*. TIA
[snip]
Those two ballots will be used to determine if a program is
*eligible* for the Pricelessware list - a majority for
*unacceptable* would be cause for removal from further
consideration.

I suggest two ballots to simplify counting the vote. The seconding
of carryover nominations went well and this would be a similar
procedure. If a program is acceptable leave it on the acceptable
ballot. If a program is unacceptable leave it on the not
acceptable ballot.

Comments?

Susan
Good idea, Susan.

 

[Onno]

If there are any $$$-ware programs on the nominations list please post
the name of the program *now*. TIA

Dialog
because it's time limited.

 

[John Fitzsimons]

@corp.supernews.com:

Dialog
because it's time limited.

Not time limited if you replace it with the next beta. Your own fault
(not Dialog's) if you are too lazy to do that.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

Not time limited if you replace it with the next beta. Your own fault
(not Dialog's) if you are too lazy to do that.

Please reread Susan's OP in this thread. It's not for discussion of
the programs, it's for putting things on the removal ballot and for
discussion of the idea of a removal ballot itself.

I like the idea. In the past, we have cast "no" votes if there has
been a program that possibly needed removal; the "no" votes were cast
along with the regular ballots, and then any app with a "no" vote was
examined further during the post-vote discussions. With Susan's
suggestion, these examinations can take place during the pre-vote
discussion, and each case can be settled by voting.

--
»Q« It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you
mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers.
It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and
likewise yours and theirs.
-- Oxford University Press, Edpress News

 

[Susan Bugher]

Not time limited if you replace it with the next beta. Your own fault
(not Dialog's) if you are too lazy to do that.

Hello John,

I think we've been down that road a time or two already. Some people
agree with you, some don't.

Some programs just don't want to fit neatly in the usual categories.

Do you object to having a vote to decide whether controversial programs
should be eligible for Pricelessware?

Susan
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[Klaatu]

Not time limited if you replace it with the next beta. Your own fault
(not Dialog's) if you are too lazy to do that.

What was that? All I heard was "Blah, blah, blah."

 

[Mel]

Dialog
because it's time limited.

At the risk of being very unpopular - Kaza Lite

for the reasons given here -


Or if it is listed it should be categorised as hackware
not freeware.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

At the risk of being very unpopular - Kaza Lite

for the reasons given here -


Or if it is listed it should be categorised as hackware
not freeware.

In case recommendations of removal need seconds, I second this one.

--
»Q« It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you
mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers.
It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and
likewise yours and theirs.
-- Oxford University Press, Edpress News

 

[Boomer]

In case recommendations of removal need seconds, I second this one.

Third.

 

[stan]

Third.

forthed.

 

[My Name]

forthed.

Fifthed!

 

[Klaatu]

Dialog
because it's time limited.

Seconded.

 

[Susan Bugher]

In case recommendations of removal need seconds, I second this one.

I don't see a need for seconds. IMO your *vote* will be the
recommendation for removal (or recommendation for acceptance). All we're
doing now is creating a list.

If anyone thinks a programs is potentially controversial post the name
here - you don't have to be for or against it - just list the *feature*
you think might make it unacceptable to some.

Comments?

the list so far:

40tude Dialog (time limited)
http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004INTERNET.htm#106

KaZaA Lite (Warez ?)
http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004INTERNET.htm#K104

Susan
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PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
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[John Fitzsimons]

John Fitzsimons wrote:

Hello John,

I think we've been down that road a time or two already. Some people
agree with you, some don't.

Some programs just don't want to fit neatly in the usual categories.

Do you object to having a vote to decide whether controversial programs
should be eligible for Pricelessware?

Susan

Dialog will be un time limited freeware as soon as the last few bugs
are removed. IMO starting a new thread about this one particular
program again would be a waste of everyone/s time and bandwidth.

It is clearly stated on the site why the betas are time limited. I
suggest that the words "time limited beta" be added to the
nomination and people make up their own mind what to do.

Regards, John.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

Please post the names of programs you feel are unsuitable for the
Pricelessware list - and list the grounds for your objection:
Spyware, Adware, Trialware etc. etc.

Trillian
nagware

(Note that I mean the recurrent pop-up window nag, not the opening and
closing splash screens.)

 

[OgO]

In alt.comp.freeware, on 15 Nov 2003, »Q« announced:

Trillian
nagware

(Note that I mean the recurrent pop-up window nag, not the
opening and closing splash screens.)

I can't remember whether this sort of post was supposed to be in
this thread, but as someone who uses trillian all the time (0.74
patch F), what recurrent pop-up window nag? I have never seen
any such thing so I am just wondering which version has it.

Regards

OgO

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

I can't remember whether this sort of post was supposed to be in
this thread, but as someone who uses trillian all the time (0.74
patch F), what recurrent pop-up window nag? I have never seen
any such thing so I am just wondering which version has it.

0.74 (patch D). I'll upgrade to patch F and see if it still pops up.

 

[Susan Bugher]

0.74 (patch D). I'll upgrade to patch F and see if it still pops up.

I'll add notes to the Nominations page to show which programs are on the
acceptable vs. not unacceptable lists. I'll add Trillian - if the
nagware issue is resolved I'll remove it. I think that's the easiest way
for everyone to track which programs will be on the voting lists.

Susan
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PL2003: http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/about2003PL.htm
PL2004 Review: http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/2004nominationsPL.php
alt.comp.freeware FAQ (short) - maintained by John F.
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[Nil]

Please post the names of programs you feel are unsuitable for the
Pricelessware list - and list the grounds for your objection: Spyware,
Adware, Trialware etc. etc.

I don't believe this has been formally brought up yet, and if it has, I
apologize.

I have seen some PC Magazine utilities nominated here. I love those utils,
and have been using them since way back in the 80s during the good old days
of DOS.
As most folks probably know by now, the PC Mag utilities were once free, but
now they are no longer available for free. One must subscribe on the PC Mag
website in order to get not only the new utils, but even the old ones.

Some of the old ones are still available around the web. The problem with
this is that PC Mag's licenses for their utils specifically says that they
are not to be distributed. Here is the relevant boilerplate from their
license:

Ziff-Davis grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use
the source code distributed with PC Magazine utilities for educational,
non-commercial purposes only. Under no circumstances may you distribute
any unaltered or altered version of the Software through any means,
including, without limitation, personal bulletin boards, ftp sites,
retained.
CompuServe, the Web, floppy disk or other storage device, or under any
name, including without limitation, your name, Ziff-Davis' name or any
third party's name, nor may you distribute or market programs that
contain altered or unaltered portions of the Software's source code.


From this it seems pretty clear that even the older free versions of PC Mag
utils cannot be distributed except directly from PC Mag itself. And for
that, you need to pay.

So, I would think that all PC Mag utils are no longer freeware and should be
removed from the Pricelessware list and from all nominations.

I hate to be a fly in the ointment here, but as an old retired shyster, I am
concerned about the legal ramifications to the Pricelessware list if the PC
Mag utils are retained.