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In lugnet.people, "Z. Unger" <dzz@mindspring.com> writes:
> Umm...Todd, you said we can join but those who do not want to pay they
> do not have to, right?
No, not exactly.
(1) Anyone can join. (2) No one has to pay to continue using LUGNET. Those
are both true statements. But not paying to join implies not joining. In
other words, it's not a true statement that someone can join without paying.
Everyone who joins has to pay in order to join. But no one is required to
join, and no one who doesn't join is required to pay.
It's like walking into a restaurant... You don't have to sit down and have
a meal there, and you don't have to pay if you don't want to, but not paying
implies not eating. No one can eat without paying; everyone who eats has to
pay in order to eat there. But no one is required to eat there, and no one
who doesn't eat there is required to pay.
(Hope that clears it up!)
> If so how come you cannot finish the form without filling the
> $____ parts out? For example if you leace it blank you get:
> "Information missing:
> Membership fee: US$
> Portion I am paying now: $ "
Because a lifetime membership costs a minimum of US$10.00.
The point in tdhe second message was to clear up the confusion about
requirements: Several people were worried that they were being asked to
pay for things that had formerly been free. But that's not the case.
Everything that was free, is still free. Memberships are a "paid add-on" --
think of them as an advanced site feature, maybe. It's been the plan since
day 0 back in 1996 for memberships to be pay-only. But not having a
membership doesn't mean not being able to use the site.
> PS: If possible email me the answer...
[cc'ing a copy]
--Todd
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