On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 17:23 -0800, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 16:57 -0800, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote: > >> Lee Revell: > >>> > >>> On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 14:08 +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > >>>> Who is talking about not paying? > >>> > >>> This whole discussion was ignited when someone advocated pirating (or > >>> stealing, or whatever) commercial software. > >>> > >> > >> Why don't you want to distinct between copyright violation (which is > >> a gray area, different from country to country) and stealing? > >> > > > > First, because I personally do consider it stealing, and second, > > > > But why do you consider it stealing? >
Because you are taking someone's property without paying them for it. If I create something it is my right to sell it or refuse to sell it to anyone. > > > copyright infringement is illegal everywhere that matters. > > Hmmmmmm. :-( > So what do you mean by matters? > I mean that I would not distribute my software in a country that did not have copyright law, because a powerful corporation in such a place could take my GPL'ed code and put it in a proprietary product, or take my proprietary code withoput paying me for it. Just like I would not park my car somewhere where it could be legally stolen (or driven off in, or borrowed, or whatever you call it). Lee
