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Originally Posted by Wizard1988
I think that a student makig just enought money to get by is as wrong as as someone using pirated software for comerical pourposes.
I recently read an article saying that microsoft used cracked software for editing some of the sound files that are shipped with windows, now that I do consider totally wrong.
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Dear God. I think I love you right now for posting that article.
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Originally Posted by andro
Stealing your copy of Windows XP or Adobe Photoshop has nothing to do with freedom or Free Software.
It has everything to do with theft. Whether or not you think it's ok to commit theft, or choose to commit theft, is up to you.
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Of course it's theft. And since software piracy law is
totally set in stone that means that it's wrong. When slavery was legal, it was wrong for black people to be free. And if a black man drank from a white man's water fountain, he is unethical and immoral. But because these laws are so totally set in stone, they never change, and it will always be wrong.
Listen, as it has been stated before, not many people here are especially upset about people stealing crap software like windows and office. What I really hate about the TOS is that you have to do whatever is said in that liscence. What if books came with a liscence that you had to sign before you read it that said that my no means can you share this book with anyone or make folds, notes or marks on any of the pages of youre property, would that be fair? Some thing with software. It's your property and you should be able to do anything you like with it short of assault, plaigarism, and rape.