Author: Dan Homan
Date: 16:11:20 07/22/98
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Bob, you say this in only a question of legality and not of right and wrong. If this is so, why post on this topic? Everyone seems to agree that software piracy is illegal. I think it is a question of right and wrong and that is what the whole set of these threads is about. Right and wrong, however, are not as black and white a "legal and illegal". The definition of right and wrong is based on morality, which is both a personal and a social matter. It is a complexity that you are ignoring completely by quoting licensing agreements and laws.... legality is not the question - everyone knows it is illegal, everyone concedes that it is illegal. The question is: Is it right? (IMHO no, it is not, but I do not loose much sleep over Frenando's copy of the out-of-print Sargon V) If you are arguing that illegal == wrong, that is cool, although some might disagree. Some might also wonder if all wrongs are equally wrong. Is J-walking as bad as speeding? Is speeding as bad as drunk driving? Etc... - Dan
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