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ComputerGuru on Dec 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Atari abuses copyright to kick competitors out of ...

It's 'free' so it's not selling. Developers are allowed to 'give away' copies of their apps with promo codes. Obviously this is super-gray area, but it's 'technically' not disallowed.

sirclueless on Jan 1, 2012 [–]

Well, giving out product in exchange for microinvestments with no return sounds an awful lot like "selling" to me.

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