The Freeware Hall Of Fame BBS maintains two sets of Directories. It's a novel Directory structure . The statement is true only if you overlook the bad apples. The FHOF BBS wants no programs in its download directories that aren't supposed to be here, and screens programs carefully. Should something slip through that shouldn't be here, we expect callers to tell us.
All callers including first-timers can see and access all our download directories.
A few authors aren't professional and show that when discussing payment. They lose sight of the users who pay and fixate on those who don't. In their Docs they insult you and damage the Shareware industry. Shareware works on an honor system in a world where there is more Shareware than honor. Not every author can handle that, and some respond by displaying their own personal failings.