Are private donations allowed?

Submitted by gp-net on Thu, 08/15/2013 - 11:45
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I get today a message from a user that I can only download from him, when I send him a donation. Is that allowed?

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Submitted by thescarletfire on Thu, 08/15/2013 - 13:01.

Morally speaking? or strictly in the "rules" of Soulseek? I mean, you're free to do whatever you want, but have you read the rules/license when you installed the program? What does it say about usage?

Submitted by gp-net on Sat, 08/17/2013 - 07:32.

I'm not interested in any money. I'm sharing for fun. The only donations I have send to anyone are the donations for SLSK.

But there are some users who take money, before they add you to their list. Otherwise you'll wait endless for a download. I don't like what this users are doing and I want to ask, if it was possible to ban them complete from SLSK.

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Submitted by thescarletfire on Sat, 08/17/2013 - 08:58.

Oh, I thought you meant they insisted that you donate to Soulseek or something. I'm not sure how Nir handles users demanding money for downloading shares.

I guess you have to ask yourself how badly you need to be on that person's list. I mean, it's the internet. Crap is going to happen, and there are bad people out there.