[WEB4LIB] Re: IrfanView

[Dan Lester]

I'd say that Irfan does NOT expect payment from a nonprofit.
Remember, though his English is quite good, he's Bosnian, going to
school in Austria.

He indeed says that it
"is provided as freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use
(that means at home)."
But then goes on to say:
"If you intend to use IrfanView at your place of business or for
commercial purposes, please register and purchase it."

To my way of thinking, that means that loc.gov or boisestate.edu can
use it for free.  We certainly do at Boise State.  We are not a place
of business or using it for commercial purposes.  Also, he encourages
anyone to send him a ten dollar bill or equivalent in cash if they
like it and want it to continue to develop.  I've done so, and may do
so again.  I'm one who is really righteous about paying for shareware,
but I consider this to be freeware.  One more reason to consider it
freeware is because it is so labelled at download.com and elsewhere,
and Irfan's own website labels it as freeware in large letters in the
bottom left corner of the homepage.

Even though he asks for cash, I'll bet that he'd be able to handle the
bank charges if loc.gov cut him a check for a couple grand for all the
copies you wanted to pay for.  8-)

cheers

dan



Thursday, May 24, 2001, 8:43:02 AM, you wrote:

ELB> My problem with Irfan View is paying for it.  The license agreement is pretty clear that it's freeware only for use on home computers (exact words: "this means at home").  But to use it anywhere
ELB> else, you are supposed to send $10 (or DM20), in cash to an address in Austria.

ELB> This information is here: <http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/english.htm>.  Click "Irfan View?" on the left and then scroll down  to the usage agreement.

ELB> Instead my work group has been using AlternaTIFF <http://www.mieweb.com/alternatiff/> for TIFF viewing.

ELB> If anyone wants my step-by-step instructions for disabling Quicktime from trying to view TIFF files, or for asking Alternatiff to ignore TIFF aspect ratio header tags (which are often
ELB> incorrect), send a note to me off list.

ELB> Elizabeth Brown


ELB> At 05:33 PM 5/23/01 -0700, you wrote:
>>I see on www.download.com that IrfanView has gathered a few negative comments. I would recommend that anyone interested in downloading the program read the reviews first. I certainly don't want my
>>recommendation to result in brickbats thrown my way. :|
>>
>>I think it's a great program.
>>
>>Phalbe Henriksen




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