If operating in a network environment, do not place public domain or shareware programs in a common file-server directory that could be accessible to any other PC on the network.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Limit use of shareware and public domain software to systems without fixed disks. If you do use them on fixed disks, allocate separate subdirectories... Public domain or shareware software should never be placed in the root directory.
When you live in a networked environment, it's possible to separate data from applications.
Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.
There is an odd mix of permeability and impermeability in the Net. You won't be able to communicate with everyone, and not every application will be accessible to everyone.
The problem is, we're moving to software-as-service, which can be yanked or transformed at any moment. The ability of your PC to run independent code is an important safety valve.
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless.
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.
I have very little hope that any permission can be gained for your organization. However, I shall place it in a special folder with similar applications and raise the question from time to time with such people here as may have authority.
It is our goal to provide full public access to as many files as we possibly can.