>> On a side note, I could care less whether or not people use illegal >> copies of software on FreeDOS; that's a personal choice. But don't >> try to force your opinion on other people. > > You mean the way you are trying to force your opinion on everyone?
No I am not. I am saying "everyone, make up your own mind; if you want to download abandonware, go ahead, just don't tell other people that it's ok". You are 99.9% unlikely to have any legal difficulties, but that doesn't make it legal. Everyone should personally decide if it's ok for them. > Are you suddenly a lawyer who magically understands that there's > no gray area when in fact there is a lot of gray area? I think you > have been listening to Microsoft. Property notions don't > work well when you are talking about software, especially ancient > software. Anything from the 90's or earlier qualifies as ancient > software. In the software world, anything that is 3 years old > can be considered ancient. Commercial DOS software hasn't been > supported since the 90's. if someone wants to squeeze blood out > of a turnip for using abandoned commercial software, good luck > to them. The last word is, talking about http://vetusware.com > does NOT make me a software pirate. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and > around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save > $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. > 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. > Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
