[oclug] cracked?

[Dana Webber]

On Thursday 08 January 2004 22:35, Vic Gedris wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 09:48:16PM -0500, Michael Lauzon wrote:
> > But they said downloading from P2P is legal, that's all I care about.
>
> When was P2P ever illegal?  There is absolutely nothing wrong with P2P.
> It's just a way to share files.
>
> However, downloading *unlicensed software* is illegal.  Doesn't matter
> if you're sharing that with P2P, FTP, CDRs, modems, etc...
>
> My personal feeling about stealing proprietary software is that even
> when you do that, you're still helping the proprietary software makers
> by keeping their warez popular and the defacto "standard".
>
> I prefer Free Software / Open Source Software.  I expect other people to
> respect the licenses of software put out by our communities, so I also
> respect the licenses of the proprietary software vendors.  I express
> this respect for them by not buying or illegally using their software.
>
> Cheers,
> Vic

How can you respect a license that _nobody_ understands? The latest example is 
that according to a strict reading of the W XP license you can NOT control it 
with VNC. MS has recently released a clarification that says you can or not 
depending on how many XP licenses you have but maybe one license is enough or 
not.

With Open source you do not have this problem..

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Dana Webber
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Getting a computer system to work is like banging your head against a brick 
wall until the wall falls down.