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25 August 2008, 21:09
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Commercial License -> Rental ?
Why under the license voice you used the term "Commercial" ?
It's not a too generic word ? I mean, perhaps "Coverdisk" "Game & Mini Mag" "Shareware" (not so clear all other categories to me, so i stop list here) are not commercial ? My personal opinion is that "Rental" is a more specific term and then absolutely more appropriate than "Commercial" Am i wrong ? 
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25 August 2008, 21:13
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 Maybe you should describe what you mean with rental, because as far as I know it means 'fee for renting something', so not very appropriate to describe commercial released games (i.e. games released by a publisher).
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25 August 2008, 21:59
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"Commercial" means was commercially sold for profit by a commercial company.
Coverdisks are not sold Shareware is sold but not by a commercial company. "commercial" as a term is entirely acceptable. "Rental" is not appropriate as you were not expected to give the game back! Also game rentals were not available for floppy based systems. |
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25 August 2008, 22:04
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26 August 2008, 21:54
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I apologize, i made confusion when i wrote the post, a term in mind, another on screen
 "Retail" It was that 
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26 August 2008, 22:08
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In term 'commercial' to describe games distributed by publishers is well established. I think what Galahad (and I too) means is that the other forms were not sold to make a living (well some shareware authors tried, but I guess for most it didn't work
) with them.Retail is is more a from of sale. Maybe you could describe what your problem with the term 'commercial' is ? |
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27 August 2008, 10:09
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Retail rolls off the tongue better however commercial is already well established and understood...
I would understand either way and am not in the slightest bit bothered! |
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