Re: Software license (was: Classic ripoffs in computing)

[kilroy@bham.mindspring.com (Jeff Vaughn)]

shoppa@alph02.triumf.ca (Tim Shoppa) wrote:

In article <324D910B.4BDF@wtgab.demon.co.uk>,
W T Goodall  <wtg@wtgab.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Bizarre arguments about extreme hypothetical cases all seem to originate
>from people with a WAREZ mentality who want to justify not paying for
>the use of intellectual properties.

I don't mind so much those pirates who illegally copy software and
know that it's wrong to do it, but do it anyway.  Yes, it's bad,
but it's their decision to break the law, and they know they're
breaking it.  What really ticks me off are those that you single out -
people who believe they have some moral right to run software they
aren't entitled to, and who come up with all sorts of hokey arguments
to show they have such a right.  This strikes me as being very
immature.  (Partly because I was - a long time ago and in a
country far, far away - a major software pirate at one time,
and I knew damn well what I was doing was illegal.)


 Good to meet you, you're one of the old class. I'm glad you know BOTH sides of
the fence.