Of course the discussion rapidly devolved into the tired old 'commercial vs. other' argument, as usual. By the way, I thought the notion of pirating free software was sort of silly...
brad
Yikes -- I thought the original question concerned the merits/demerits of
free, but non-source vs. open-source (obviously free) software. Which is
sort of an interesting question. I can see valid arguments on both sides,
and personally I feel that context plays an important role. But as an
academic I'm now required to yell 'context' whenever possible.
