>No, I don't violate EULA's, at least not consciously. But with all that >legal and technical gobbledygook, I can't ever be 100% sure.
Good point. But alas, that's not what we are discussing. The topic of the moment is deliberately violating specific terms of an EULA by purchasing the low-cost version of a product and using it in a way that the EULA only allows for the more-expensive version of the product. I'm sad to see us at such a moral low. Did you read about the Chinese toothpaste? Is it okay to save a nickel per unit by substituting a toxic compound for a safe compound? As a business decision it would be not okay if it caused instant death, but it would be okay if it was a slow-acting poison because then it would be hard to trace it back to the maker. How far do we go with evil being strictly a business decision? I think that if we go very far in this direction it makes all the basics of life untenable. Imagine having to take a vast testing kit with you every time you go grocery shoping. It may be a wing nuts paradise, but I don't want to live there. Today's news is that the Chinese official in charge of regulating these things has been convicted of taking bribes -- resulting in a penalty of death. Normally I'm not inclined to support a death penalty in any circumstances, but desperate means may be necessary whan a society has allowed things to go too far. Are we there yet? How about the guy with the drug-resistant TB? He was on the no-fly list so he booked on a small airline and flew through a Canadian airport. Is that okay? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
