Subj : Old DOS BBS Programs
To   : Xerxes
From : MRO
Date : Sun Jun 12 2022 23:09:15

  Re: Old DOS BBS Programs
  By: Xerxes to Nightfox on Sun Jun 12 2022 04:03 pm

 >   Re: Old DOS BBS Programs
 >   By: Nightfox to The Millionaire on Sat Jun 11 2022 10:54 pm
 >
 >  Ni> Re: Old DOS BBS Programs
 >  Ni> By: The Millionaire to All on Sat Jun 11 2022 05:59 pm
 >
 >  TM>> Did anyone ever chip in for those beerware ones that were out there?
 >
 >  Ni> What is "beerware"? I've never heard of that. There was plenty of
 >  Ni> shareware that I had seen.
 >
 > It's technically just donationware.  Basically, author would say it's
 > freeware but if you liked the program and would like to buy them a beer send
 > $5 to whatever address, so a few people called it beerware.

beerware has been around since forever.  someone probably make it up as a joke against shareware.  i can't believe a technical person in bbsing never heard about beerware
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