On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Dennis Hartmann wrote, dredging up a long-dead thread:
> No. I think what he's saying is: Similar to
> Maslow's hierarchy of needs, food & shelter are the #1
> priority. When lower level needs are not fullfilled,
> higher ones such as friendship are not considered an
> issue. Copyrights would be MUCH, MUCH higher on the
> list and rightfully so, almost ignored. This is not
> to say that it makes it morally correct to pirate
> software, etc. There is another issue altogether!
So if this person is so low on the needs heirarchy as to ignore intellectual
property rights, shouldn't he be out digging for grubs to eat or building a
crude hut?
> What is this software/licensing/copyrighted component
> being used for? Companies such as Cisco and Microsoft
> who have witnessed such phenomenal growth and
> prosperity in the past decade should be obligated to
> provide educational and personal copies for the
> betterment of these societies.
Obligated??? By whom? Why? Sounds kind of like, "From each according
to his abilities, to each according to his needs" philosophy. I don't
think this approach has worked very well.
> If I learn Microsoft &
> Cisco materials in my education and personal use, what
> pray tell, do you think I would recommend? Sorry for
> the babbling everyone. Had to get my 2 cents in since
> I have not posted much on this list in the past 2
> months.
Cisco and Microsoft might make a business decision to pursue this,
much as Apple did by providing low-cost Macs to the schools over the
past few years. Cisco is indded doing just this through their Networking
Academy progarm. But *obligated* ??? No thanks.
> What brough this up anyway?
Someone posted to the list asking us to help him steal.
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