Re: The software piracy issue

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <4p6f4n$ano@usenet2.interramp.com>,
Tom Zuchowski  <cd003508@interramp.com> wrote:
>irsman@winternet.com (Ian Schmidt) wrote:
>>In article <4p3qqg$bdr@usenet10.interramp.com>,
>>Tom Zuchowski  <cd003508@interramp.com> wrote:
>>>Well... the emulators that I've seen are by definition "pirate" software 
>>>as well, because they require illegal copies of the Apple II ROMs and 
>>>Apple Operating Software before they can be used.  Where do you draw the 
>>>line on pirating?
>>
>>They're only actually pirate if they actually come with the ROM images, like
>>the popular STM emulator on the Mac.
>>
>Huh?  I'd like you to explain your reasoning.  Yes, the emulators don't 
>actually come with pirated copies of Apple ROMs and OS, but the user has 
>to pirate them himself or get them from a pirate site such as asimov in 
>order to use the emulator.
>
>Is it your contention that stealing software is OK as long as we do it 
>more discreetly than asimov's in-your-face way?
>
>TomZ
>

IF Apple licensed their ROMs in the "standard" way for code, it should be
legal to use the ROM code provided that you own the machine it came out
of and aren't useing the machine and the emulator at the same time.

Think of it as making an archival backup, and useing the backup rather than
the master copy, so the master copy is less likely to get toasted.  :)

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