Author: Bobby Ang
Date: 18:02:37 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? > >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 hypocrisy? you are trying to rationalize software piracy. your example is not correct - lending a book to someone :) surely it is obvious that if you give someone a book it is physically transferred to him. If you let him copy your software then now you have two copies (and you have only paid royalties to the software author for one). sheeesh BOBBY ANG
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