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From: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Pirates and swapware
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Date: 2 Jul 90 20:11:50 GMT
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Marco, I can't agree with you about pirating being "black and white".
Legally it may be pretty easy to define who a pirate is.  But intent
prior knowledge, age, and possibly a few other factors paly a part in
who has the high ground ethically.  If software were sold like a book
(oops I mean if software were produced and distributed like a book)
then a lot of the grey areas would be gone.  But it isn't, and they're
not.  Perhaps to you piracy is black and white but to a lot of people
it isn't.  I think education of users and easing of licensing
restrictions is the best answer.  You don't copy protect.  If you wrote
games would you keep the same viewpoint?

Dana Bourgeois @ cup.portal.com