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From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: computer security
Message-ID: <9779@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 23 Nov 90 00:33:00 GMT
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In article <36149@cup.portal.com> david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com writes:
>Finally, the analalogy about the file cabinet and not throwing out
>"personal papers . . ." is defective. What if you decided to put
>something smelly or dangerous in there. 


  But the original poster indicated that the stuff which had been thrown
away was public domain software.  He didn't do anything illegal and chances
are that the stuff was making his work easier.

  I don't care who bought the system.  If the company does not know whether
the software is illegal the only reasonable action is to confront him BEFORE
deleting the stuff.  Otherwise, they may be hindering his work, or worse,
setting themselves up for a potentially expensive lawsuit depending on what
was lost.

-- Mark Wilkins
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