Re: CT's indescretions

["Sheldon Simms" <sheldon@interprice.com>]

Im Artikel <b60_200105021320@juge.com> schrieb "Bruce Baker"
<Bruce.Baker@juge.com>:


>>I don't remember anyone back then being too worried about whether ornot
>>he
>  >was copying software. There were a lot of people ticked off at him
>  >because he was (allegedly) sector editing demos, games, and cracks, to
>  >make it look like A) he was the person responsible for the
>  >demo/game/crack or B) he was good friends with the person responsible.
>  
> I think the main problem was that he was 1) trying to say it was ok to
> use cracked versions of copyrighted software, and that included lots of
> stuff still being sold and supported and 2) he was uploading this same
> software to ftp sites.

I don't remember that being the main problem originally. It became
the main problem at some later time though, that's true.

FWIW, I think it's perfectly ok to use cracked versions of copyrighted
software. If I buy the software, for instance, then I'd still like to
copy it, install it on the hard disk, etc. If the software is otherwise
not available, and I'd like to use it, then I'll gladly download a
cracked version from an FTP site.

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