Re: Another Modest Proposal: Pirating vs Archiving

[David Edwards <none@nowhere.gone>]

>Nathan Mates wrote:
> 
> David Edwards  <none@nowhere.gone> wrote:
> 
>    I'll let others comment on the lack of a legit email address. 
>

I am using a friends account and put in the non-address so that he would not get 
e-mail on this subject because of me. I don't have e-mail yet (waiting for Juno 
disks to come in.)


> 
> John 3: [RSV]
> 19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world,
> 
> [snip]
>    In other words, you feel guilty, and you'd rather try and drag down
> those who you know are right to your level. Ain't gonna happen.
> 
> Nathan Mates
> --

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"

Your self-righteous judging of others is what my comment(s) were meant to 
illustrate. I've seen some of your viscous attacks on people asking reasonable 
questions. Many of these people have just a basic working knowledge of Apples, and 
you bite their heads off for not knowing any better. You have a lot of technical 
skill and know-how about Apples, but precious little in the way of dealing with 
people. "If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem," as 
the saying goes. Perhaps you should consider how your attitude and actions reflect 
on your being a Christian, and how that in turn affects how people percieve Jesus 
through you. 

As for the piracy issue, in the strictest sense, copying anything that is 
copyrighted is wrong. Technically. Then again, it is up to the copyright holder to 
legally pursue someone who has violated their copyright. Not you, not me. I happen 
to feel that when an author of software is no longer actively producing, promoting, 
and selling any of his works, he has abandonded them. 

You seem to be the type to draw a hard line in the sand on the issue. If so, you 
MUST also not: ever copy anything (unless you own the material in question or the 
rights to it) from TV (or cable) to videotape, music, never photocopy anything, you 
can't even copy down a quote from a book or magazine. Have you ever done any of 
these? If so, you are in violation (no matter how small the offense) of someone's 
copyright and have no right to subsequently judge others. You would then have no 
credibility to attack someone for copying software.