> An ethical person won't misappropriate copyrighted software > anyway. No company rule is needed. > > An unethical person will ignore the copyright license if it's > convenient for him to do so, and he will likewise ignore the > company rule if it's convenient for him to do so. > > Ignoring a license that subjugates a users freedom is not > unethical, it is the only right thing to do. It may be illegal, > but it is not unethical or immoral to do so.
I disagree, since that ignores the author's desires. The ethical thing is not to touch the software at all. The users freedoms are always more important. > If you ask me for a program that is useful to you, and the > license states that I cannot copy it to you, then I will still do > so, since that is what is right, that is the only ethical and > moral decision. Why do you acquire software when you don't like its license? I know that I don't. Running into moral dilemmas open-eyed is stupid. I don't have any software like that, it was an example. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
