Small request when posting software reviews

[ogremagi]

All too often when someone posts a reviews and/or announcements of software, they neglect to mention if the program is free, shareware, or commercial. It would be kind of nice to know this ahead of time. I hate reading about some great package, only too discover it's an overpriced commercial app. So please, when posting about software, mention how much it costs. Or is this against forum policy?

I'm not adverse to commercial software, but I prefer freeware, especially if it is open source.

[scotchua]

All too often when someone posts a reviews and/or announcements of software, they neglect to mention if the program is free, shareware, or commercial. It would be kind of nice to know this ahead of time. I hate reading about some great package, only too discover it's an overpriced commercial app. So please, when posting about software, mention how much it costs. Or is this against forum policy?

I'm not adverse to commercial software, but I prefer freeware, especially if it is open source.

Does this really deserve it's own thread? I agree that it is annoying, but i can't see how starting a thread about this is gonna be beneficial. It will just degrade into a bunch of people arguing pretty soon. Hopefully i'm wrong, but i doubt it.