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Subject: Re: Chess software and books or music

Author: blass uri

Date: 01:39:30 07/21/98

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On July 21, 1998 at 02:08:01, Rajen Gupta wrote:

>why is lending a piece of software to a friend, without charging money,
>considered a crime similar to stealing merchandise from a grocery store, but
>lending a novel to read to a friend or a music CD to listen is considered OK?

We are not talking about lending a piece of software to a friend
It is legal to lend a piece of software to a friend if you do not copy it.

Uri
>
>I challenge all the people who rail against lending software to friends for
>personal use to swear and say that never in their lives have they ever borrowed
>or lent a book to anyone in their lives
>
>If not then it is hypocrisy
>
>Rajen Gupta



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