Well this is what Microsoft does all the time, isnt it? :)
I guess you cant copyright an idea (CurrCalc has been out there for a while
now) you can just try to put in more features to make it worth while for
people registering your program instead of the freeware version. I have a
free version and a shareware version of Highway Manager and I try very hard
to make the shareware version appealing so that people register, but at the
end I'm just happy if they use either one (and the free version gets
downloaded 10 times more than the shareware version).
Chris
At 01:23 AM 3/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I recently decided to write programs for the Palm, and I am new to all this
>world of shareware development. Last december, after working very hard to
>learn the Palm OS programming techniques and nuts and bolds I finished my
>first program "Euro Exchange", and a more advanced version I named
>"CurrencyX".
>
>Very recently I was disheartened to see that someone "cloned" my program,
>copying the concepts and screen designs, releasing it as freeware.
>
>Writing programs for the palm has the main objective of practicing my
>programming skills, and having fun, even because the $5 / $8 for a
>registration would not make me a millionaire, it actually barely covers the
>development costs. However, that does not mean I would like to see my
>programs being cloned like that.
>
>Maybe some of you, more experienced developers and shareware authors could
>give some help with this.
>
>I would appreciate any kind of comments and suggestions.
>
>Thank you,
>Armando Neves.
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